Porfirio Chagoya
Perro Verde
40%
NAS
Perro Verde Mezcal was brought to market earlier this year by husband-and-wife team Juan Santiago Rodriguez and Mariana Carvajal, working in collaboration with mezcalero Porfirio Chagoya and actor Benicio del Toro. The brand's Espadin bottling is produced in Oaxaca, Mexico. Agaves are extracted with a horse-powered mill, roasted in conical pit ovens with Huizache wood and volcanic rocks and fermented in wooden casks.
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Crisp, clean and green on the nose. A raw vegetal note halfway between agave and cactus, some grassiness, hay and an undercurrent of sweet smoke reminiscent of barbequed fruit.
Fresh herbs and crunchy greens continue onto the palate. Caraway seeds, coriander, cilantro, pear and lingering honeydew melon. It has a grassy, in-your-face brightness that reminds me a lot of sotol, combined with hints of pine resin and smoked wood found in many artisanal mezcal bottlings.
The finish is equal parts fruity and bitter, with flashes of papaya, tarragon, marjoram, sea salt and ground black pepper.
A lovely mix of botanicals and fresh greenery that's rare to come by in a typical espadin. At $75, this is priced like a solo sipper and absolutely drinks like one, too.
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