Mezcal de Leyendas Ancho Tasting Notes

Details

• Location: Mazatlan, Guerrero 
• Agave: Cupreata 
• Maestro: Oscar Obregón 
• Abv: 46.9%
• Tasting keywords: earthy, herbal, crisp
• NOM: O117X

Nose

Sundried tomato and baked earth are cool and crisp aromas.

Taste

It is smooth on the palate, showing notes of mixed citrus and flowers. The flavors are deeply concentrated and rich with orange zest, flanked by rose petals and cool mint. A graphite minerality persists on the finish, driving home the earthy core. 

Method/Background 

Agaves are cooked in an in-ground pit, mechanically crushed, fermented in above ground wooden tanks, and double distilled in a small copper pot still.