La Luna Manso Sahuayo

The La Luna Manso Sahuayo deserves its own little category in mezcals because it’s so high contrast with a nose and flavor that are so distinct. The agave here is technically unknown. La Luna’s founder, Salvador Chavez, told me that “the CRM recognizes the Manso Sahuayo as AGAVE SP so that is how we referenced it. In the past I know some referenced it as A. Americana but the CRM modified that claim. Locally the farmers would recognize it as Cenizo or Manso.” All the agaves were cultivated in the area around Jiquilpan and Sahuayo so it’s possible that they are Agave Americana sahuayensis or Agave hookeri but only genetic testing will tell!