Palenqueros Alberto Ortiz Espadin Mezcal (750 ml)

Description

Palenqueros Espadin was distilled by fourth generation master palenquero Alberto Ortiz in the village of Bramaderos, Miahuatlan, Oaxaca, where he began working with his father at the age of 11. Cultivated Espadín was cooked in an 11-ton oven pit before it was crushed by hand using a mesquite mallet in a stone canoe. A 7 day fermentation was carried out in pine wood vats using only the ambient yeast of the distillery before being distilled on a 350 liter copper pot still. Bottled at still strength of 49% abv with no additives.