El Jolgorio Tepeztate Mezcal
(750ml)

Distiller Notes:

• Mezcal produced in Santa María Zoquitlán, Oaxaca
• Maestra Mezcalera Francisca Hernàndez Aragòn
• 100% Tepeztate (Agave marmorata) matured a minimum 20 years
• Cooked in a conical earthen pit oven
• Ground using a traditional stone mill (tahona)
• Fermented in open-air wooden vats (tinas) 
• Distilled twice using traditional copper pot stills
• Floral and vegetal with undercurrents of minerality and dark fruit on the nose; the palate expands with notes of coriander, jasmine, dark chocolate, damp bark, and a subtle touch of roasted peppers and burnt orange zest
• 270 bottles produced in 2022 for Edition 36
• 48.2% ABV (ABV may change from batch to batch)

Tepeztate only grows in the wild, preferring steep grades at high elevations and can often be found, seeming to defy gravity, hanging horizontally off the side of cliffs. This special agave, known in Zapotec as “Dob Cual,” a reference to the twisted shape of its leaves, this powerfully aromatic agave delivers bright, green and floral mezcal which belies its long age and low sugar concentration.