Destilado de Agave, Rayo 'Ignacio Juarez'

• Destilado de Agave produced in Miahuatlán, Oaxaca
• Maestro Mezcalero Ignacio Juarez
• 100% Rayo (Agave rhodacantha)
• Cooked in a conical earthen oven
• Crushed using a traditional stone tahona
• Fermented in open air pine wood vats (tinas) using spring water
• Distilled once in a copper pot still with condenser (refrescadera)
• 50 liters produced
• Marigold, pear skin, sour cherry, cucumber, jasmine, tulsi leaf, ginger skin, sawdust, makrut lime, tamarind
• 51% ABV (ABV may vary batch to batch)

Distilled in May 2023, this is a stunning batch of an exceedingly rare subspecies of Agave rhodacantha. Showing off a joyful and racy profile, Ignacio Juarez delivers a more perfumed and tropical example of the variety than should be typically expected from rhodacantha’s more common subspecies, Mexicano. A pleasure to sip on its own, of course, but this mezcal is an absolute delight to pair food with!

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