PBMichiganWolverine
Del Maguey Ibérico Mezcal
Mezcal Joven — Oaxaca, Mexico
Reviewed
March 5, 2022 (edited March 17, 2022)
@pkingmartinmartin , @ctbeck11 @Richard-ModernDrinking and I had our quarterly online tasting. We had 4 pours …all amazing. 25yr Proof and Wood Light whiskey, Tears of Llorana tequila, Del Maguey Iberico, and a no name local only mezcal from a oaxacan distillery.
Years ago, I took a trip to Spain. We did Barcelona , Grenada , Rhonda, and Madrid. One thing I always will remember from Spain will be the Iberico ham. They have these black footed hogs that are raised on hazelnuts. Their meat is delicate, unlike any other ham you can possibly have. It’s aged and then served thinly sliced. You can taste the forest floor —-earthy, hazelnuts.
The first sip of this took me back to Barcelona and those thinly sliced Iberico ham. Says something when a drink makes you remember an amazing experience. This has all the trademarks of that iberico ham…hazelnuts, floral, but not too floral, earthy and with a hint of smoke.
Thanks @pkingmartin for the pour!!!
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@pkingmartin killing it with the samples!
Correction…acorns not hazelnuts. The pigs are raised on acorns.