Details
Location: El Tuito, Costa Norte, Jalisco
Agave: Chico aguiar / A. angustifolia var?
Maestro Mezcalero: Chalio Rodriguez
Quantity: 2,900 bottles / 3867 liters
ABV: 44.5%
Tasting keywords: Fall spices, pepper.
NOM: NA
Nose
Deep and dusty, forrest floor and roast agave.
Taste
This is a very illusive mezcal. It opens with a bouquet of nuanced peppery and granite flavors that evolve into a bundle of fall spices at the end including cinnamon, mace, and cloves.
Method / Background Notes
The Chico aguiar agave is an angustifolia but I’m not sure of which variety nor whether it hyrbidized locally. It was roasted underground, fermented wild in oak vats, twice distilled in a Philippine still. This is the second in the Raicilla Venenosa Tabernas series. The label is almost indistinguishable from the first edition, look for the “II Edición” below the word “Tabernas” 44.5% ABV on the front label as markers. The details on the back also clearly call it out.
Where did you get this? I’ve been looking for a raicilla specifically from El Tuito. We bought an unlicensed raicilla there in ’19; we have no idea what type of agave it was made from, and it would be fun to compare the two.
Hi Mark,
I bought this bottle at a random store in San Francisco because I noticed it behind the shelf. Old Town lists a Tabernas bottle but given the slight difference in names, I’d call them to confirm whether it’s the first or second edition. Otherwise you could try Healthy Spirits in SF to see if they have a bottle in one of their stores.
Max