Del Maguey is the brainchild of Ron Cooper. With the help of indigenous Zapotec Mexican Indian producers from the remote villages of Oaxaca, Del Maguey uses ancient, original organic processes, and the varying micro-climates and terroir gives each expression a unique, rich, sweet and smoky character. Every product is made by individual family palenqueros (producers) in old-style villages.
Agave Type: Barril
Region: Valles Centrales, Oaxaca
Maestro Mezcalero: Florencio “Don Lencho” Laureano Carlos Sarmiento.
Proof: 98 Proof, 49% ABV
Tasting Notes: Spicy, floral carnation, tropical aromatics of gardenia and jasmine, ripe pear, dark fig, notes of wet green hay and forest floor. On the palate is caramel, round, soft, gentle, full-bodied notes. Roasted root vegetables, umami, terracotta, slate-like minerality and a touch of salinity.
Details: made from semi-wild maguey Barril (the biggest of the Tobasiche, Madrecuishe, Cirial, Larga family). Roasted in a conical pit over hot rocks, buried under a cap of earth for three days, open-air fermentation for thirty days, double distilled with a bamboo clay still, the centuries-old Oaxacan organic, hand-crafted way.
Note: This product is not eligible for gift wrapping.
Spicy, floral carnation, tropical aromatics of gardenia and jasmine, ripe pear, dark fig, notes of wet green hay and forest floor. On the palate is caramel, round, soft, gentle, full-bodied notes. Roasted root vegetables, umami, terracotta, slate-like minerality and a touch of salinity.
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