Mezcal Ensamble Cirial/Madrecuishe/Barril/Bicuishe

• Produced by Maestro Mescalero Gonzalo Martinez Sernas in Santiago Matatlán, Oaxaca
• 100% Agave karwinskii (field blend of four subspecies: Cirial, Madrecuishe, Barril, Bicuishe)
• Plants mature between 8–18 years
• Cooked in conical earthen pit oven using pine and mesquite wood
• Milled using traditional horse-drawn stone tahona
• Fermented in Encino oak vats (tinas) using proprietary well water
• Distilled twice using copper pot stills
• Rested 27 months in glass
• 52.94% ABV (Alcohol may vary batch to batch)

Tasting Notes

A blend of four Agave karwsinkii! This field blend was cooked in an earthen oven, milled using a traditional, stone tahona mill, fermented in wooden vats, and distilled twice in copper pot stills.

Beginning with an angular and fruity nose, a starchy tail end calls to mind freshly cooked pasta or rice. Bright and zesty on the palate, it’s full of freshly cut herbs, melon, and citrus. Gonzalo’s distinctive note of jasmine and dryer sheets rides through the midpalate and lingers with a wealth of pepper & fresh soil bubbling from below—like stomping through the garden after a thunderstorm. Shockingly crushable. 52.94% ABV