Mezcal

This bottling from 5 Sentidos, is the first time the company has bottled and shipped Puntas into the United States. This 200 liter batch was made from harvesting ripe Espadin and roasting them in a conical oven with Mesquite firewood for 5 days. After being cooked, the agave were chopped with machete, smashed with hammers, […]

This bottling comes from Mezcalero Jamie Moreles Aquino and was produced at his Yuu Baa, Tierra Caliente Palenque in Villa Hidalgo Yalala, Oaxaca. This spirit contains no agave whatsoever. They produced this by squeezing the plums by hand into clay fermentation pots then they were double distilled on a clay pot still. I had this

This comes to us from bottler Cinco Sentidos by way of Mezcalero Delfino Tobon mejia. The Pizzora maguey is distilled on copper still, grinded with a shredder, and bottled at 48.4% abv. I had this blind so keep that in mind while reading my notes. ABV: 48.4% Nose: Rainwater, slight ammonia, Mineralty, earthy, vanilla cream, red berries,

Mezcalero: Jorge Torres Batch: CAS-T 15/04/20 ABV: 48% Nose: Vinegar, Brine, Coffee, Green Vegetalness, Wildflowers, perfume Palate: Medium mouthfeel. Heavy fresh green vegeatalness, Vinegar, Brine, Coffee Grounds, Finish: Medium length finish, Vinegar, Brine, Bouillon, Coffee grounds, vegetalness, cumin Rating: 4/10 This is really weird. This is all sour, acidic weirdness that I don’t hate, but im not a big fan of either.

This was distilled by Alberto Martinez and selected for the Aficionados group in 2021. This was produced in Santa Catarina Albarradas, distilled in clay pots across 2 distillation runs. Mezcalero: Alberto Martinez Batch: SN09-19 ABV: 48.1% Nose: Fruity, Apple, Blackberry, Iodine, Chlorine, Spicy, nuttiness, Palate: Medium mouthfeel, Apple, Iodine, Nutty, black tea, tart blueberry, minerality, mango Finish: Medium length finish, black

This Mezcal batch was selected as a collaboration between the Aficionados group and the spirits-selling website Seelbachs. This Ensamble features Tobala and Cuishe Maguey, was distilled on a copper alambique still in San Baltazar Chichiapam before being bottled in 2019. Mezcalero: Berta Vasquez Batch:July 2019, Series 5 ABV: 48% Nose: Crisp Green Vegetals, Iodine, Faint Orange Peel, Meatiness,

This is a mezcal batch picked for the Madre restaurant. Outside of that and the batch I don’t have a ton of info! So let us dive in. Mezcalero:Familia Jarquin Batch:BICU-J 15/05/20 ABV: 47.8% Nose: Charred Bell Peppers, Earthiness, Minerality, Springtime Rain, Black Tea, Palate: Medium oily mouthfeel, Charred Bell Peppers, Black Tea, Slight nuttiness, Earthiness, Black Tea,

This Mezcal comes from bottler Cinco Sentidos. It is from the Tobala agave, which was distilled in two clay pots and was proofed down using Puntas and Colas. Mezcalero: Alberto Martinez Batch: TB06-19 ABV: 46.7% Nose: Red Berries, Earthy, Minerality, Vanilla, light grassiness. Palate: Medium oily mouthfeel. Earthiness, minerality, red berries, slight wood smoke, garlic. Finish: Medium length finish, Red berries,

This Ensamble combines Espadin, Cuishe, and Tepeztate distilled on a copper still. It was cooked for 5 days in a conical oven, milled by a horse drawn tahona, and has 76 liters of it bottled in Feburary of 2020. Mezcalero: Berta Vasquez Batch:Aficionados/Seelbachs ABV: 49.5% Nose: Brine, wood smoke, minerality, slight earth, metallic ting. Palate: Mediumish mouthfeel, minerality, brine,