Mezcal Ancestral, Coyote, 'Justina Ruiz Perez', El Jolgorio

• Mezcal Ancestral produced in Sola de Vega, Oaxaca
• Maestra Mezcalera Justina Ruiz Perez
• 100% Coyote (A. americana)
• Cooked in a small, conical earthen oven; crushed using wooden mallets
• Fermented in open air wood vats (tinas)
• Distilled twice using traditional Filipino-style clay pot stills
• 234 bottles produced
• 52.5% ABV (ABV may vary batch to batch)

The term “Coyote” typically refers either to a naturally occurring hybrid of two different species or to a specific subspecies of Agave americana that is large and pale green in color, sometimes weighing nearly a half a ton at harvest (in this case, at 14 years of age), and often carrying a distinct profile of pepper and tropical fruit. Exceedingly rare!