Del Maguey Vida Mezcal (75cl, 42%)

Del Maguey Vida is an artisanal, certified organic Espadín mezcal from the village of San Luis del Río in the Sierra Sur mountains of Oaxaca. It is twice distilled very slowly in small wood-fired copper pot stills, using traditional methods including earth pit roasting, open-air fermentation with ambient microbes and copper pot still distillation. The nose offers fruit aromatics, honey, vanilla and roasted agave with earth-pit smoke. The palate brings ginger, cinnamon, burnt sandalwood, banana and tangerine, and the finish is long and soft with lingering fruit and smoke.