Palenqueros Onofre Ortiz Mexicano Mezcal

Palenqueros is the single-producer mezcal series created by Luca Gargano of Velier, the Italian independent bottler, to bottle Oaxacan palenqueros under their own names. Onofre Ortiz is the son of Alberto Ortiz and the fifth generation of mezcal makers in his family, born in 1981 in Bramaderos, in the Miahuatlán district of southern Oaxaca, where he runs a palenque with five 350-liter copper pot stills. Before Palenqueros his mezcal had never been exported to the United States. This bottling is made from Mexicano, Agave rhodacantha, a tall, slow-growing variety that is far less common than espadín. The agave is roasted in an underground oven fired with oak and mesquite, crushed by hand with wooden mallets, fermented spontaneously in wooden vats with its own native yeast, and double distilled in copper. It's bottled at natural still strength, 47.9% ABV, with no additives. The producer describes intense smoke, fresh herbal agave and mineral touches, balanced by a delicate caramelized sweetness, with smoky, earthy, cooked-agave aromas and a full, enveloping palate. A rare single-maguey Mexicano from a young maestro with deep family roots.

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