Xicaru Silver Mezcal

Fine to sip. Light and a bit of smoke. 88

Once in a while, you sort of want to deviate from the weekly Saturday night bourbon or whisky. In comes this mezcal, a pour courtesy from @GeologyJack. I think my ratio of whisky / red wine / mezcal / tequila / white wine is 40/40/10/5/5...so relative to red wine and whisky, I’ve not really have had much mezcal. The ones I did have, have been very good ( Del Maguey Chichicapa is probably top of my list). This one brings a nose of agave, maybe some grass. Flavor profile is more herbal. A lot of heat at finish. It’s all heat at finish. This would be a solid 4 stars if not for that tsunami of heat. Nonetheless, and pretty sipper and a solid introduction to mezcal.

Sweet and smoky

Sampled this neat recently at a bar in Hollywood CA shortly after trying the Mezcal Union Uno. This one was good but I personally thought the Union Uno slightly superior as a straight sipper.