Gente de Mezcal Tepeztate tasting notes

Details

• Location:  San Baltazar Guelavila, Oaxaca
• Agave: Tepeztate / A. marmorata
• Maestro Mezcalero: Aureliano Hernández
• Batch: GMTEP005
• Vintage: August, 2019
• ABV: 48%
• Tasting keywords: Black pepper, roast mesquite.
• NOM: O435X
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Nose

Green peppercorns.

Flavor

Soft on the palate with flavors of roasted mesquite, black pepper, Szechuan pepper corn.

Brand Background

Don Aureliano Hernández Martínez is the oldest son of Don Cosme Hernández. The family has been making mezcal for five generations in San Baltazar Guelavila and Sola la Vega zones. Gente de Mezcal used wild agaves for small batch productions of up to 250-300 liters. It uses oak for the cooking of the piñas in the earthen pits and fermentation takes place in oak vats.