Wahaka Mezcal Guajolote con Fruta

It has the faintest scent of sparkling cider and mint. The palate is full of mineral in that gross bread sense, unfortunately. It's fairly sweet and doe shave those apple and pear notes, so it isn't entirely out or control, but this is not what I expect and the gross bread is overpowering. The sweetness really helps to combat the minerals, but it doesn't entirely succeed. Fortunately though, the sweetness does succeed on the finish. There's a lot of spice going on here with a cinnamon burn amidst smoke and earthy notes. The flavor is actually pretty solid in a hedonistic way if the bread is ignored. It has a pretty solid balance of bitter, tart fruit, sweet fruit, mineral, floral, umami, and herbal flavors. But then the spice kicks it in the head. This is surprisingly not awful like it initially tastes, but it is overpowered and lacking in balance as a result. The apple and pear flavors are pretty nice though. The fruitiness is quite pronounced but that mere fact doesn't save it. Some melon and banana flavors do eventually turn up, but they don't salvage this.