Destilado de Agave, Papalote, 'Eufemio Sanchez'

• Destilado de agave produced in Tecoanapa, Guerrero
• Maestra Mezcalera Guadalupe Bastian
• Produced from 100% Papalote (Agave cupreata)
• Cooked in an earthen pit oven
• Milled with a small mechanical shredder
• Fermented in white pine (ayacahuite) tanks using spring water
• Distilled twice using traditional copper pot stills
• Inviting and imaginative aromas of damp grass and hay, burnt marshmallow, and mango custard precede a dry, earthy palate of oxidating red apple, pistachio gelato, worn leather, resin, walnut shell, fresh linen, and waves of bright tropical fruit, drying out distinctly on the finish
• 45% ABV

Produced from A. cupreata harvested at an impressive (and unusual) twenty years maturity, grown high in the pine forests above Tecoanapa, Guerrero, this batch comes to us from Guadalupe Bastian, the daughter of Cesareo García, one of Sanzekan’s most prolific maestro mezcaleros. She is an apt pupil—her handling of this extraordinary example of the species coaxes out a wildly unique mezcal, balanced carefully between delicate high notes and an evolving bass tone. A summery batch that sits equally well in the spring, fall, or winter.