Quiereme Mucho Tobala Mezcal

Quiéreme Mucho is a Oaxacan mezcal brand built around maestro mezcalero Wilibaldo Rodríguez, who makes every expression at his palenque in San Pedro Taviche, in the Ocotlán de Morelos district south of Oaxaca City, a region known for wild agave rather than farmed espadín. The Tobalá is made from 100% wild Agave potatorum, the small, broad-leafed maguey that grows in rocky highland shade, yields far less sugar per plant than espadín, and has to be gathered plant by plant from the hills, which is why tobalá has long been treated as a special-occasion mezcal in Oaxaca. Rodríguez cooks the piñas in a traditional earth pit, hand-crushes the roasted agave rather than milling it mechanically, ferments naturally, and distills in small batches, bottling at 45% to 47% ABV depending on the batch (this bottling lists 46%). The producer's notes describe a sweet, fruity aroma of ripe mango and fresh cinnamon over sweet cooked agave, with the pit smoke sitting behind the fruit rather than in front of it. Batches vary, as with any single-mezcalero wild-agave bottling. Sip it neat from a copita with orange and sal de gusano.

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