Details
- Location: Ahualulco, San Luis Potosi
- Agave: A. salmiana crassispina
- Maestro Mezcalero: Manuel Oliva
- Quantity: 351 bottles
- ABV: 49%
- Tasting keywords: Mineral, sweet pickle.
- Uncertified spirits.
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Nose
Sawdust and lemon zest.
Taste
A round contrast of the mineral and sweet pickle juice that dissolves into a delightfully balanced sweetness. This is an amazing small batch mezcal which reveals still more of the distilling geniuses in San Luis Potosi.
Production Details
- Agave sources: 100% wild agave.
- Roast: Steam cooked in a brick oven.
- Crush: Tahona.
- Fermentation: In stainless steel
- Distillation: Copper and stainless still
- Rest: Unrested, bottled within a month of distillation.
Background Notes
Darian Martyniuk runs a travel service that has some stops in Mexico but is now also importing these amazing bottles of uncertified mezcal from San Luis Potosi. The two currently on offer are very distinct expressions of salmiana and distilling techniques. The Ahualulco has a slight lactic tinge to it which is a wonderful contrast to the sweetness expressed with the steam cooking and distillation.
The expressions are named for the village or municipality in which the spirits are produced. He named his micro-brand after the Matachin which is a ceremonial dancer with its own set of cultures. Martyniuk says that a friend suggested the name because it “represents a unique element of the local culture that is not widely known, and that jells with part of my mission with this brand – to bring less known yet really unique and amazing spirits to the broader world.”
Martyniuk is planning on importing additional local expressions so look out for those in the near future.
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