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Rayu Joven Ensamble Mezcal
Rayu is a sub-brand of Mezcal Yuu Baal, one of the larger family mezcal houses in Oaxaca, and its name is Zapotec for lightning bolt, a nod to the legend that the first agave was cooked through to the core by a lightning strike and became a gift from the gods. This Ensamble is made in the Miahuatlán district of southern Oaxaca by mezcalero Bernardino Jarquín Pacheco, under NOM-O72X, from three agaves harvested at full maturity: Espadín (Agave angustifolia), at around seven years, and two slow-growing wild agaves, Madrecuishe and Jabalí, which take 15 to 18 years to ripen and are among the hardest agaves in Oaxaca to work with. The piñas are roasted in an underground conical oven, crushed by hand with wooden mallets, fermented naturally in open pine wood vats and double distilled in copper pot stills, then bottled unaged at 44% ABV. The producer's tasting notes describe tropical fruit and a touch of caramel from the Espadín, with herbs, spice and a hint of violet layered over it from the wild agaves. Drink it neat from a copita; an ensamble with Madrecuishe and Jabalí at this price is unusual.
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