Madre Artesanal Mezcal

Madre is the mezcal people hand to friends who say mezcal is too smoky — a Caskers reviewer's exact move — and its flagship is an ensamble of two agaves. Madre was founded in 2016 with a mission to make mezcal approachable, and it's made by hand in the hills of Oaxaca by mezcalero José Inés García Morales and his family in San Dionisio Ocotepec, with other batches from the Vásquez family in Miahuatlán and Carlos Blas in Matatlán. The Artesanal is 70% espadín and 30% wild cuishe — the tall, thin karwinskii agave — roasted together in an earthen pit, fermented with local well water and wild mountain yeast, and distilled in the family's aged copper still, bottled at 45% ABV in the bottle with the hand-drawn illustrations. Madre's notes: a hint of smoke with a sweet fragrance, sage, earth, and minerals on the tongue, a lingering floral finish. Mezcal Reviews found spearmint, agave, and charred sugar, bright with tart spice, fruit up front and a slight cuishe funkiness on a saline finish — good value, light, easy, and a great intro for beginners. Honest note: this is a gentle, cocktail-forward, venture-backed brand rather than a wild single-maestro bottle, and enthusiasts find it soft — which is precisely why it converts people. For a mezcal Margarita, a Mezcal Paloma, or neat with an orange peel. The gateway.

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