Destilado de Agave, 'Espadilla Capon - Puebla'

• Maestro Mezcalero: Asunción Matilde Vargas
• Produced in Puebla, Mexico
• 100% Espadilla (A. angustifolia Haw)
• Harvested capón (reproductive stalk cut to concentrate sugar in the heart) for less than 1 year
• Cooked in a conical earthen oven & milled by hand with axe
• Fermented in a shallow stone well
• Distilled only once using a hybrid ‘Filipino style’ clay & wood tree trunk still with a copper coil condenser
• Thick aromas of cacao, corn silk, and caramel give way to a savory palate of dry soil, cracked black pepper, and epazote
• 50% ABV (alcohol will vary from batch to batch)

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