Mezcal Reposado

• Reposado mezcal produced by Casa Cortés in Santiago Matatlán, Oaxaca
• Maestro Mezcalero Francisco Javier Cortés Hernández
• 100% Espadín (Agave angustifolia)
• Plants mature between 6–12 years and are harvested at least 60% capón
• Cooked using oak in a conical earthen pit oven
• Milled using traditional stone tahona
• Fermented in open-air wooden vats (tinas)
• Distilled twice using a traditional copper pot still
• Rested 6 months in 2nd-fill bourbon and 2nd-fill Chardonnay barrels
• Gentle flavors of vanilla, caramel, milk chocolate, and white stone fruit build upon the complex canvas provided by Agave de Cortés’s Joven mezcal
• 45% ABV

Six months spent in a combination of ex-bourbon and ex-Chardonnay barrels lend a kiss of American-oak char and French-oak toast to the brightness of Agave de Cortés’s Joven mezcal, adding tropical fruit depth without overpowering its vegetal backbone.