Destilado de Agave, Cupreata con Pina 'Refugio Calzada'

• Destilado de Agave produced in Tetitlán de la Lima, Guerrero
• Maestro Mezcalero Refugio Calzada Hernández
• Produced from 100% Papalote (A. cupreata) harvested at 18 years
• Cooked 5 days in an earthen pit oven with Encino amarillo
• Fermented 4 days in white pine (ayacahuite) tanks using spring water
• Distilled twice using traditional copper pot stills; pineapple added on the second run
• Rested 1 year and 4 months in glass before bottling
• Grilled pineapple skin, fresh green apple, pink peppercorn, spruce tips, goji berries, tarragon, faint whiff of fresh nutmeg
• 80 liters produced (Feb 2022)
• 42.3% ABV

OMG, distilled with pineapple?! Though the proof is lower than most traditional mezcales we encounter, this delightful batch packs a ton of flavor into a bright and fresh 42.3% ABV. To produce this unique batch, Don Refugio added fresh pineapple—skin and flesh—to the second distillation run in the copper pot still, extracting racy tropical flavors alongside the dense fruit of Agave cupreata. Our only regret is the batch is so tiny!

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