Mezcal, Barril, 'Pablo Vasquez'

• Mezcal produced by Casa Cortés in Oaxaca, Mexico
• 100% Barril (Agave karwinskii)
• Practicing organic agriculture
• Cooked in a conical earthen oven (horno)
• Milled using a horse-driven stone tahona
• Naturally fermented in open-air wooden tanks (tinas)
• Distilled using traditional copper pot stills
• 47% ABV (ABV may vary batch to batch)

Agave karwinskii more closely resemble a palm to many observers than what is typically identified as agave. The entire trunk is typically fermented and distilled when producing mezcal, resulting in a spirit much higher in vegetal and fibrous aromatic & flavor profiles. Barril is a subvarietal of A. karwinskii which is typically shorter and more squat in stature—like a wide barrel.