Producer | Palomas Mesajeras Destilado de Agave |
Country | Mexico |
Region | Michoacan |
Style | Mezcal |
Sku | 210000017576 |
Size | 750ml |
This ensamble—a blend of all three agave varieties produced by the Perez family—is unique among the mezcales of Michoacán and performs a complex balancing act between the distinctive characteristics of the disparate species, marrying fruit and flowers, leather and tobacco, lactose with dry soil, in one concentrated package. Somehow simultaneously familiar and unlike anything else we’ve tried.
Destilado de Agave produced in Oponguio, Michoacán
Maestro Mezcalero Don Miguel Perez Reséndiz with sons Miguel & Melitón
Blend of Chino (A. cupreata), Alto (A. inaquidens), and Mexicano (Agave rhodacantha), each harvested after 2 years capón
Cooked 3–5 days using pine & oak in a cylindrical pit oven made of brick
Milled within 24 hours using a small mechanical grinder powered by a repurposed 4-cyllinder 1979 Datsun engine
Fermented 6–15 days using spring water in rectangular clay pits lined with oak
Distilled twice using a Filipino-style pot still made of copper and oak
Rested 4 years 3 months in glass
Orange zest, black pepper, fresh tobacco, stewed cherries, burnt cedar, sweet cream, strawberry rhubarb pie
1,210 bottles produced
50% ABV