Creador Espadin Tasting Notes

Details

• Location:  San Bernardo Mixtepec, Oaxaca
• Agave: Espadín / A. angustifolia haw.
• Maestro Palenquero: José Alberto Pablo
• Quantity: 150 liters / 200 bottles
• Vintage: March 2020
• Batch: JAES0422
• ABV: 49.4%
• Tasting keywords: Roast pumpkin, round.
• NOM: NA uncertified agave spirit.
• Available in Texas.

Nose

Roast pumpkin, wet cardboard.

Taste

This espadín instantly enlivens your mouth with effervescent sparkling sensations and then opens up into flavors of roast agave, pineapple, and raisins .

Production Details

• Agave sources: Cultivated espadín from San Bernardo Mixtepec, Oaxaca.
• Roast: Roast: Roasted underground for 3-5 days in river rock lined ovens.
• Crush: Hand mashed with mallets (mazos) in a hollowed out tree trunk (canoa).
• Fermentation: Fermented for 3-5 days in half-buried 90 liter clay pots.
• Distillation: Twice distilled in 60 liter clay pots.

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