- Mezcal produced by Casa Cortés in Oaxaca, Mexico
- 100% Tepeztate (Agave marmorata)
- Practicing organic agriculture
- The agave is cooked in a horno (conical earthen oven)
- Milled using horse-driven stone tahona or small mechanical grinder with ax & wooden mallet
- Naturally fermented in open-air wooden tanks (tinas)
- Distilled using traditional copper pot stills
- 48% ABV (ABV may vary batch to batch)
Crafted from massive agave, harvested at over 25 years of age, Tepeztate grows at high elevation and loves to struggle. This powerfully aromatic agave delivers bright, green, and floral mezcal which belies its long age and low sugar concentration.
Info
Producer:
Vintage:
NV
Country:
Mexico
Region:
Oaxaca
Spirit Type:
Agave / Sotol / Pox
Spirit Sub Type:
Mezcal
Sizes Available
| Full Bottle | MX-XEJ-07-NV | 6/750ml |
Tasting Notes
Crafted from massive agave, harvested at over 25 years of age, Tepeztate grows at high elevation and loves to struggle. It is not uncommon to look up when driving through the Oaxacan mountains to find a huge Tepeztate jutting directly out of a mountain face, or upside down on a boulder. Known in Zapotec as “Du Cual,” a reference to the twisted shape of its leaves, this powerfully aromatic agave delivers bright, green and floral mezcal which belies its long age and low sugar concentration.
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Press & Reviews
VinePair
Score
96
Date
2023-06-04
"Expect to be blown away by this Tepeztate mezcal. The 25-year-old agave used to make this expression brings depth and character to this bottle. The nose is profoundly pleasant with notes of freeze-dried raspberries, rose water, and wood smoke. The smoke carries into the smooth palate, where it joins the flavors of vibrant tropical fruit, and a nice minerality. This mezcal is beautifully complex and great to sip."