El Pintor Mezcal Ensamble (75cl, 41%)

El Pintor Mezcal Ensamble is a mezcal from Oaxaca made with 55% eight-year-old espadin from Yautepec and 45% fifteen-year-old wild cuishe from Miahuatlan. The two agaves are cooked, fermented and distilled together in the palenque. Production uses earthen pit cooking, indigenous-yeast fermentation, a tahona mill and double distillation in artisan copper pots. It is earthy, spicy and fruity. Fresh aromas of sea salt, lime flesh and roasted pineapple lead to charred earth and mint over pineapple and almonds, with a long, structured finish.