Aguas Mansas Espadín Tasting Notes

Details

• Location:  Santiago Matatlán, Oaxaca
• Agave: Espadín / A. angustifolia haw.
• Maestro Mezcalero: Juan Hernández Santiago
• Quantity: 2,340 bottles
• Vintage: 08/2016
• Batch: 021-MF
• ABV: 45%
• Tasting keywords: Cane sugar, lemon zest,
• NOM: O387X
• NOM 070 Classification: Mezcal Artesanal

Nose

Rich, round agave sugars with highlights of lemon zest, fresh cut grass, and cilantro.

Taste

An expressively mellow bottle full of rich Matatlán sugars and filigree of mesquite and avocado leaf. I’d love to spend a long afternoon sharing this bottle with someone in a Oaxacan patio.

Production Details

• Agave sources: The agaves in the Aguas Mansas Espadín were caponed.
• Roast: Roasted underground in conical oven
• Crush: Milled with a tahona
• Fermentation: Fermented in wood
• Distillation: Double distilled in a copper alembic still