Cutwater Mezcal Joven Cenizo

The Joven Cenizo is Cutwater's unaged mezcal, made entirely from wild Maguey Cenizo (Agave durangensis) in the high, arid country of Durango. Cutwater's mezcal was developed by co-founder and master distiller Yuseff Cherney with Gaston Martinez, whose distillery in Durango makes it with his master mezcalero; the partnership began after Martinez turned up unannounced at Cutwater's tasting room. Wild cenizo is harvested only after 10 to 15 years of growth. The piñas are roasted for three to five days in pit ovens lined with volcanic rock and fired with oak and mesquite, then fermented openly with wild yeast for three to five days, fibers and all, which adds a more rustic texture. Distillation happens twice, in stainless and copper stills, and the mezcal is bottled at 45% ABV (90 proof). Cutwater replants five cenizo hijuelos for every wild plant it harvests and runs a nursery raising new agave from seed. The brand describes green pepper, a sweet cooked-agave finish and a lingering, subtle smoke. Judges at The Tasting Alliance awarded it 91 points and Best in Show in 2024, picking up earth, bread dough and chili on the nose and sourdough, baked agave and clay on the palate.

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