Del Maguey Las Milpas

Description

Mezcal: Del Maguey Las Milpas

Del Maguey Las Milpas is produced using 100% agave Espadin in the remote village of Las Milpas located high above San Dionisio Ocotopec, Oaxaca.

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Size: 750ML

Proof: 92 (46 ABV)

Origin: Oaxaca, Mexico

Distillery: Anastacio Cruz Antonio

Del Maguey Las Milpas is produced by Anastacio Cruz Antonio and his sons Rigoberto, Abel and Pedro in the remote village of Las Milpas. The village is located high above San Dionisio Ocotopec in Oaxaca. The palenque is nestled among the cornfields and overlooks rolling pastures. Agave Espadin is roasted in an underground oven carved into a granite hillside. It is milled using a horse-drawn tahona, naturally fermented in open-air wooden fermentation vats, and twice distilled in small copper stills. Las Milpas has aromas of slate and minerals. On the palate there are notes of tropical fruit, citrus, lavender, and tarragon with a long and dry finish.

Del Maguey Las Milpas Tasting Notes

Nose: slate and minerals

Palate: tropical fruit and citrus notes, with rose petal florals, lavender, tarragon, and pea shoots

Finish: long and pleasantly dry finish

Distillery Information

Climbing the rugged dirt roads high above San Dionisio Ocotepec, we discover the remote village of Las Milpas, a true example that “you don’t find Mezcal, Mezcal finds you.” Here, nestled among the cornfields overlooking rolling pastures, lies the palenque of Anastacio Cruz Antonio and his sons Rigoberto, Abel and Pedro.Their Single Village expression is crafted by roasting ripe agave Espadin in an earthen horno carved into the granite hillside. Roasted agave is milled using a horse-drawn molino and fermented using only ambient microbes and yeasts in open-air wooden fermentation tanks and twice distilled in small copper stills