Gente de Mezcal Tobalá tasting notes

Details  

• Location:  San Baltazar Guelavila, Oaxaca
• Agave: Tobalá / A. potatorum
• Maestro Mezcalero: Aureliano Hernández
• Batch: GMTOB005
• Vintage: August, 2019
• ABV: 46%
• Tasting keywords: Effervescent, green grape.
• NOM: O435X
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Nose

Sugar cane, roasted sweet potato.

Flavor

Mineral effervescence sensation fills the mouth, there’s a touch of mesquite and a bit of green grape.

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.