Destilado de Agave, 'Santa - Puebla'

• Destilado de agave produced in Tepeojuma, Puebla, Mexico
• Maestro Mezcalero Asunción Matilda Vargas
• 100% Espadilla (Agave angustifolia) capón (castrated) one year prior to harvest to concentrate sugars
• Cooked in a traditional pit oven made of earth and stone
• Milled by hand using an axe
• Fermented in a shallow stone well
• Distilled twice using a hybrid Filipino-style pot still of clay and wood with an external condenser made of copper (refrescadera)—honestly, a totally wild still
• Hoja santa leaves, wild cilantro, and a blanched whole chicken are added to the second distillation 
• Rested over 1 year before bottling
• 55% ABV (ABV may vary batch to batch)

Inspired by the taste of green salsa with wild cilantro and the pleasure of eating a chicken soup seasoned with hoja santa, this batch is fresh and vibrant, and guaranteed to make mouths water. The oily texture and delicate dance of cilantro and the fennel-reminiscent warmth of hoja santa makes for a joyful pairing mezcal, such that some visitors to Erick’s tasting room in Mexico City have unwittingly likened it to an aperitif, saying, “this mezcal makes me hungry!”