Mezcal Ancestral

Production requirements:

Roast: Agave hearts in an underground stone oven
Crush: One of the following; by hand, with a tahona, a Chilean or Egyptian mill
Fermentation: One of the following; stone, earth, wood, clay, animal skins. Agave fibers must be included.
Distillation: Must happen with direct fire on a clay pot still. Agave fibers must be included.

All Mezcal Ancestral Mezcal category Mezcals

Ancestral mezcal is a category defined within NOM 70, the rules that oversee the category of mezcal. To be certified as ancestral, the mezcal must be made in the most traditional ways which include earth pit cooking, mashing by hand/mallet, open air fermentation and distillation in a clay pot.