La Medida Mezcal

Mezcal Bicuishe 'Antonio'

Mezcal Bicuishe 'Antonio'

Mezcal Bicuishe Antonio La Medida
  • Mezcal produced in Miahuatlán, Oaxaca
  • Maestro Mezcalero Maximino Nereo García Jarquín (son-in-law of Antonio Cortés Aragon)
  • 100% Bicuishe (Agave karwinskii)
  • Cooked in a conical earthen oven and crushed using a traditional stone tahona mill drawn by a bull (!)
  • Fermented in open-air wooden tanks (tinas)
  • Distilled twice using copper pot stills with hybrid refrescadera condenser
  • This a distinct crowd pleaser; herbaceous and earthy yet fresh and green with subtle acidity and rounded angles, soft like the texture of wet clay
  • 47% ABV (ABV may vary batch to batch)

Piney and fibrous, this is a beautiful example of one of the many subspecies of Agave karwinskii found around Oaxaca, though Bicuishe is a term less frequently used in commercial productions outside the district of Miahuatlán. Though Antonio, La Medida’s original producer of Bicuishe, recently retired, his son-in-law is carrying on the family tradition.

Info

Vintage:
NV
Country:
Mexico
Region:
Oaxaca
Spirit Type:
Agave / Sotol / Pox
Spirit Sub Type:
Mezcal

Sizes Available

Full Bottle MX-XLM-03-NV 12/750ml
Flasks MX-XLM-03-NVR 24/200ml

Tasting Notes

Piney and fibrous, this is a beautiful example of one of the many subspecies of Agave karwinskii found around Oaxaca, though Bicuishe is a term less frequently used in commercial productions outside the district of Miahuatlán. Distilled twice using an alembic copper pot still with refrescadera (condenser) by maestro Maximino Nereo García Jarquín (son-in-law of Antonio Cortés Aragon) in the renowned southern Oaxaca municipality of Miahuatlán, this a distinct crowd pleaser; herbaceous and earthy, yet fresh and green, with subtle acidity and rounded angles, soft like the texture of wet clay.