A Derrumbes Mezcal from Oaxaca, made with Espadín and Tobalá agave, cooked in a traditional underground pit and double distilled. It is allowed to rest for three months before the Mezcal is bottled in these rather stylish bottles. The result is sweet with citrus and fruity agave - smoke comes through on the palate, as does a touch of herbal pine.
Lively, with leather and wood smoke providing support for fresher and lighter flavours of citrus, raisins, pine needles, and sweeter and stickier notes of freshly cooked agave. Clean agave sweetness, toasted pumpkin seeds, a whiff of black pepper followed by red apple and grapefruit peels.
This is very good value for money. A Piedmont red under $30! It has good dark fruit, some nice tannins and acid to balance although it would benefit from some more age to smooth it a bit but I liked its feistiness now.
I was happily surprised by the quality of the labels in the "mystery" case of rose wines - great value for the money I must say. Excellent drinking experience from the unfamiliar labels and happy to enjoy again the familiar ones.