Rey Campero Tepextate Mezcal

The aroma starts with a powerful blast of funky blue cheese, followed by white wine vinegar drizzled over grilled green beans, eggplant, and fried yucca root. Then come fruits of salted mango, papaya, and fried bananas, transitioning to a tangy, smoky barbecue-sauced platter of short ribs with a moderate alcohol burn. The taste presents a medium, airy mouthfeel, beginning with charred lemon and lime that become moderately bitter, slowly fading to grilled vegetables like olive oil-covered Portobello, eggplant, and red bell pepper topped with blue cheese crumbles. This is followed by fruits of mango sorbet, mandarin orange zest, and caramelized bananas, transitioning to a tangy, smoky barbecue-sauced platter of short ribs with a moderate alcohol burn. The finish is medium in length, featuring mango sorbet, caramelized bananas, lime zest, olive oil-coated grilled portobellos, caramelized onions, and tangy barbecue sauce short ribs. This is an outstanding mezcal that successfully balances grilled vegetables, blue cheese, citrus, and barbecue meat, but it leans towards a higher level of bitterness and sourness at the start of the taste than I prefer. At approximately $120, I would much rather purchase a Del Maguey Arroqueno for a similar price, but I am still very pleased to have this fruit platter of barbecued meat and vegetables in my collection.

The aroma is delightful and earthy, with notes of spice, chili, plants, trees, more spice, and peppers. On the palate, it is exceptionally smooth and delicious.

Nose: fruity, honey, tangy Palate: freshly cut grass, lemon Finish: prolonged, sweet, gentle spice, dry at the end Overall: revitalizing!

Spicy, mellow, with a hint of smoke.

Has a spicy character!