Mezcal, Mexicanito

• Mezcal produced in San Esteban Amatlán, Miahuatlán, Oaxaca
• Maestro Mezcalero Felipe Vasquez Reyes
• 100% Mexicanito (Agave sp)
• Cooked in a conical earthen pit oven
• Ground using a traditional horse-drawn stone mill (tahona)
• Fermented in open-air wooden vats (tinas)
• Distilled twice using a traditional copper pot still
• Vegetal and inviting with aromas of toasted oats, sweet pea, cinnamon, goji, and a whiff of hay and papaya followed by an exhilarating palate reminiscent of jasmine, sweet cream, and pineapple skin
• Rested one year in glass before bottling
• 202 liters produced in 2022
• 47% ABV (alcohol may change from batch to batch)

The term “mexicanito” can be used variously for different maguey which resemble small Agave rhodacantha (commonly known as Mexicano), or else maguey which are suspected to result from cross-pollination between Agave rhodacantha and Agave karwinskii.

A rarity across Oaxaca, this is the second release we’ve seen of Mexicanito from Felipe, a third-generation maestro mezcalero and the grandson of Angel Vasquez García, one of the first mezcaleros to establish a palenque in San Esteban. After spending 8 years laboring in the US, Felipe returned home to resume the family tradition and has since been producing truly captivating batches of Madrecuishe and other varieties for La Medida.