Description
Mezcal: El Rey Zapoteco Joven Tepeztate
El Rey Zapoteco is one of Oaxaca’s oldest artisanal mezcal brands that still produces its mezcal entirely in-house.
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Size: 750ML
Proof: 96 (48% ABV)
Origin: Mexico
Distillery: NOM-O71X
El Rey Zapoteco Tepeztate is made from fully mature, wild Tepeztate agaves cut by hand with machete and hoe and cooked using oak wood in an underground conical oven made of river rocks covered with soil. The cooked agaves are crushed by horse-driven Chilean quarry tahona. The crushed agave fibers are fermented in open air pine vats using natural yeasts. The fermented agave is distilled twice in copper stills to yield a 48% ABV Tepeztate mezcal that hits all the right notes. After many turns and twists, you are hit with a zing of citrus zest and a long finish.
El Rey Zapoteco Joven Tepeztate Mezcal Tasting Notes
Nose: Aroma is very pleasant.
Palate: Lovely, mild on the tongue with a slight burn at the end.
Finish: Perfect, long lasting finish.
Distillery Information
One of Oaxaca’s oldest artisanal mezcal brands that still produces its mezcal in-house, El Rey Zapoteco was founded in 1960 by Don Serafín Hernandez Blas in Santiago Matatlán. Today, the business is run by the family matriarch Doña Juana and Don Serafin’s sons. Caretakers of agave fields that routinely yield some of Oaxaca’s largest agaves, the Hernandez family are faithful stewards of production techniques that remain the same as they were at their founding.
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