Details
- Location: Santiago Matatlan, Oaxaca
- Agave: Tepextate (Marmorata)
- Maestro Mezcalero: Enrique Jimenez
- ABV: 47.8%
- Tasting keywords: layered, warming, earthy
Nose
There is a nice earthiness that blends with citrus and tart red fruits, with just a hint of pleasant funk.
Taste
The flavors elaborate on the aromas, with notes of asparagus and other sweetly earthy green vegetables, more red fruits with a hit of acidity, and long lasting baking spices that linger on the tongue, creating a warming sensation that fills the mouth.
Production Details
- Agave sources: 100% wild agave
- Roast: in ground conical earthen pit
- Crush: tahona
- Fermentation: Wild native yeasts
- Distillation: Copper still
Method / Background Notes
Tepeztate is a particularly long lived agave, especially when harvested from the wild, they can easily take around 20 or more years to reach full maturity. Made by a true master with generations of tradition preceding him, this is literally the flavor of local tradition in a bottle.
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