Mezcal, Cuishe, 'Don Chucho'

• Mezcal produced by Casa Cortés in Oaxaca, Mexico
• 100% Cuishe (Agave karwinskii)
• Practicing organic agriculture
• The agave is cooked in a horno (conical earthen oven)
• Milled using horse-driven stone tahona
• Naturally fermented in open-air wooden tanks (tinas)
• Distilled using traditional copper pot stills
• 47% ABV (ABV may vary batch to batch)

Agave karwinskii more closely resemble a palm to many observers than what is typically identified as agave. The entire trunk is typically fermented and distilled when producing mezcal, resulting in a spirit much higher in vegetal and fibrous aromatic & flavor profiles. Cuishe is a subvarietal of A. karwinskii which grows wild in southern Oaxaca, and represents less than 1% of the agave currently growing in the state.