Yuu Baal Joven Pechuga Mezcal

Yuu Baal Pechuga hangs a raw turkey breast in the still between the second and third distillation, with fresh fruit added — the traditional celebration mezcal of Oaxaca, at a price most pechugas never see. Yuu Baal is a social enterprise, a group of producers in San Juan del Río, San Luis del Río, Tlacolula, and Miahuatlán, whose mission is to highlight native Oaxacan mezcal traditions with every step done by hand. Pechuga starts with the house espadín — pit-roasted, tahona-crushed, pine-vat fermented, double-distilled in copper — then goes through a third distillation with the turkey breast and seasonal fruit in the vapor path, bottled at 48% ABV; every bottle is numbered by lot. Yuu Baal's notes: a nose of citrus, herbs, fruit, and spice, then orange, anise, pineapple, and mango, a velvety texture, and slight hints of turkey, cinnamon, and mango in the aftertaste. Honest note, and Mezcal Reviews' tasters are blunt: this is the bottle where the brand's hit-or-miss reputation shows — one found it high in spice and short on the unique roundness pechugas are prized for — while the affordable entry to a category that usually starts above $100 is its own argument. For the curious who want to taste what pechuga does before committing to a Del Maguey or Montelobos, or for a fruit-forward Oaxaca Old Fashioned. The celebration mezcal, on a budget.

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