Mezcal 'Matatlan'

• Mezcal produced in Santiago Matatlán, Oaxaca
• Maestro Mezcalero Gregorio Martinez Jarquin
• 100% Espadín (Agave angustifolia) grown at an elevation of over 5,500 feet
• Cooked in a conical earthen oven
• Milled using horse-driven stone tahona
• Naturally fermented in open-air wooden tanks (tinas)
• Distilled twice using traditional copper pot stills
• 47% ABV (ABV may vary batch to batch)

Dubbed the “Heart of Mezcal” in Oaxaca, Santiago Matatlán is a small community, but a major distilling town, in the district of Tlacolula. The Cortés family, of course, are among the most famous of Matatlán’s maestros and this is a benchmark example of their Espadín variety.