Details
- Location: San Pablo Huixtepec, Oaxaca
- Agave: Salmiana / A. salmiana
- Maestro Mezcalero: Don Fortino Ramos
- ABV: 42%
- Tasting keywords: Pickled japeño, dried orange peel.
- Buy it today
Nose
A nose that summons images of sagebrush deserts. Pickled jalapeños, sandalwood,
Taste
Light in body with a touch of that distilled in clay characteristic. The flavor of pickle juice carries over from the nose, it even has a touch of that pulque flavor highlighted by dried orange peel.
Method / Background Notes
The Lost Explorer’s Salmiana was made with 12-year old agave which were roasted underground in a conical oven for three days then rested uncovered for 2-3 days. Open fermentation in oak tanks, twice distilled in a copper alembic. All three labels currently available in The Lost Explorer family share light bodies and bright flavors which reveal the continuity of Don Fortino Ramos’ hand in all of them.
Leave a Comment