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Perro Verde Mezcal

Perro Verde Mezcal
Espadin Blanco Mezcal Lote: PVCS/2401

Category: Blanco Mezcal

Date Tasted:
Country: Mexico
Alcohol: 40%
92 Points
Gold Medal
Exceptional
$75

Perro Verde Mezcal
Espadin Blanco Mezcal Lote: PVCS/2401

Category: Blanco Mezcal

Date Tasted:
Country: Mexico
Alcohol: 40%
Clear color. Aromas and flavors of grilled green apple, green tea and cedar plank, anise, herbs, and corn, and green mango with a velvety, lively, medium body and a tingling, stimulating, medium-length finish with suggestions of clove and orange, black pepper, saline solution on grapefruit, and roasted herbs. Complex and earthy with a nice fruity flavor and an approachable ABV for those curious to learn more about Mezcal.

Tasting Info

Spirits Glass Style: Spicy & Complex
Aroma Aroma: grilled green apple, green tea and cedar plank, anise, herbs, and corn, and green mango
Taste Flavor: Same as aromas with suggestions of clove and orange, black pepper, saline solution on grapefruit, and roasted herbs
Smoothness Smoothness: Tingling
Enjoy Enjoy: in cocktails, neat and on the rocks
Cocktail Cocktails: Paloma, Sangrita, Tommy's Margarita
Bottom Line Bottom Line: Complex and earthy with a nice fruity flavor and an approachable ABV for those curious to learn more about Mezcal.

The Producer

Perro Verde Spirits, Inc

The Producer

Blanco Mezcal

Spirits Glass Copita Clear.jpg
Serve in a Copita
Blanco mezcal is a spirit from Mexico that can be made from as many as 18 different types of the agave plant, some cultivated and some wild. Most are produced in the Mexican state of Oaxaca. A blanco mezcal is distilled in a copper still (sometimes double distilled) and is not aged in oak, thus preserving a clear appearance.

Mezcal is often confused with tequila, as both are made from agave. But while tequila must be made from one specific blue agave, mezcal can be produced from eighteen different types of agave (maguey). There are two types of mezcal, those made exclusively from maguey and those made from at least 80% maguey mixed with other ingredients. Mezcal has similar aging terms as tequila, such as reposado and añejo, but generally mezcal is more of an artisanal product, so examples of mezcal vary more than tequila.

Most are double-distilled, while some are triple-distilled and then aged for several years in oak barrels. Flavors range from smoked herbs and pepper to tobacco and charred fruits. Serve these on their own, in an adventuresome cocktail, or with a cigar.