Destilado de Agave Mexicano Capon

• Destilado de Agave produced in Oponguio, Michoacán
• Maestro Mezcalero Don Miguel Perez Reséndiz with sons Miguel & Melitón
• 100% Mexicano (Agave rhodacantha) harvested after 2 years capón
• Cooked 3–5 days using pine & oak in a cylindrical pit oven made of brick
• Milled within 24 hours using a small mechanical grinder powered by a repurposed 4-cyllinder 1979 Datsun engine
• Fermented 8–15 days using spring water in rectangular clay pits lined with oak
• Distilled twice using a Filipino-style pot still made of copper and oak
• Rested 4 years 2 months in glass
• Tobacco leaf, Greek yogurt, olive, salted caramel, subtle baking spice
• 737 bottles produced
• 49.7% ABV (ABV may vary batch to batch)

The only mezcaleros in Michoacán working with Agave rhodacantha, the Perez family were gifted some seeds by a Oaxacan mezcalero during a visit over a decade ago and have been cultivating the species ever since. A delightful anomaly, this mezcal manages to straddle the lines between its origins and its new home, showing familiar profiles of both Mexicano from Oaxaca and the aromatic mezcales of Michoacán! Novel, and delicious.

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