Agua del Sol Bicuishe Tasting Notes

Details

• Location:  Miahuatlán de Porfirio Diaz, Oaxaca
• Agave: Bicuishe / A. karwinskii
• Maestro Mezcalero: Marcarío Ríos
• Quantity: 337 bottles (tasted bottle #143)
• Batch: 9
• Vintage: 2020
• ABV: 46%
• Tasting keywords: Mineral, pine.
• NOM: NA – Agave Spirit
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Nose

Paprika, balsa wood, and pine resin

Taste

It’s a trifecta of granite, sweet roasted agave, and pine tips. This comes at you so bright and light, it’s an amazing expression of Bicuishe.

Production Details

• Agave sources:
• Roast: Underground stone oven.
• Crush: Horse drawn tahona mill.
• Fermentation: Naturally fermented in sabino wood vats.
• Distillation: Twice distilled in copper alembic stills.

Background Notes

This is yet another bottle of Oaxaca’s living mezcal culture. The bicuishe – check the back label, there’s a great photo of the maestro mezcalero who made this bottle Marcarío Ríos standing next to a cluster of these agaves – are unique to Oaxaca and especially partial to Miahuatlán. Ríos’s rendition brings out all the woody, piney, identity in these agaves but coaxes a real aromatic experience.

The Agua del Sol project is bringing some truly fresh and amazing bottles to the US. Small batches bottled by Oaxaca’s legendary CUISH Mezcales. CUISH’s focus has always been on preserving the culture of mezcal and puts the spotlight squarely on the distillers. Agua del Sol pushes that idea forward by putting photos of the distillers right on the back label so that you can see who made what you’re drinking.