La Medida Mezcal Tobasiche Chichicapam Joven Mezcal Artesanal
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Product Type: Mezcal
Size: 750mL
Proof: 45% Alc/Vol
Region: Mexico
Description:
Size: 750mL
Proof: 45% Alc/Vol
Region: Mexico
Description:
- Maestra Mezcalera Berta Vasquez
- Produced in San Baltazar Chichicapam, Oaxaca
- 100% Tobasiche (Agave karwinskii)
- Cooked in an earthen oven and milled using tahona
- Fermented in open vats
- Distilled twice on a copper pot still
- Leaning into the vegetal notes of the variety, this batch offers a nose of pea sprouts and lightly burnt toast, the cheesy-nutty aroma of nutritional yeast, and a bit of damp sidewalk. On the palate, green beans and walnut shells roll loose among toasted coconut and toasted cinnamon, fennel seed, and dried apricot. Like having a tropical cocktail while sitting in an herb garden.
- 46% ABV (Alcohol will change from batch to batch)
A rare treat, the Agave karwinskii batches from Berta Vasquez are widely admired among mezcal aficionados as exceptional examples of the species—in particular, her work with the tall and slender Tobasiche.