Mezcal Tepeztate 'Jose Diaz'

• Mezcal produced in Miahuatlán, Oaxaca
• Maestro Mezcalero Felipe Vasquez Reyes
• 100% Tepeztate (Agave marmorata)
• Cooked in a conical earthen oven and crushed using a traditional stone tahona mill
• Fermented in open-air wooden tanks (tinas)
• Distilled twice using copper pot stills with hybrid refrescadera condenser
• Notes of green bananas, delicate flowers, bright bell peppers, Sichuan peppercorns, and underripe melon rinds make this a benchmark example of the variety and an especially electrifying one—like plugging your mezcal into a light socket, in the best possible way.
• 47% ABV (ABV may vary batch to batch)

Tasting Notes

Harvested after growing 20–25 years in the wild, the Tepeztate grows to be massive; nearly the size of a VW Bug or a Mini Cooper. Found at high elevations, they often grow directly out of sheer rock walls and cliff faces, giving shade to smaller agave (such as Tobalá) growing nearby. With huge leaves (pencas) lolling out, their brilliant, red teeth serrating a soft and textured flesh, the Tepeztate is arguably the most varietally consistent agave in distillation. Notes of green bananas, delicate flowers, bright bell peppers, Sichuan peppercorns, and underripe melon rinds make La Medida both a benchmark example, and an especially electrifying one.

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