Tr3s Tiempos Bicuixe Tasting Notes

Details

• Location:  San Luis Amatlán, Oaxaca
• Agave: Bicuixe / A. karwinskii
• Maestro Mezcalero: Diego Lucas García
• ABV: 49.1%
• Tasting keywords: Wood, herbal, granite.
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Nose

This is a fever dream of roasted agave, pine, and wet granite.

Others said “dried fruit,” “apricots,” and “pineapple.”

Taste

Intensely herbal meets a wall of wet granite with some lingering sweetness. Rich, full, and wide.

Production Details

• Agave sources: Semi-cultivated 9-12 year old agave.
• Roast: Conical underground oven.
• Crush: Wooden mallet.
• Fermentation: Wild native yeasts.
• Distillation: Copper with refrescadera.

Method / Background Notes

Harvested during first full moon of January and distilled in February.