Grand Aztecali Mezcal Cristalino (75cl, 40%)

A cristalino-style mezcal, oak-aged and then clarified by filtration for a clear, smooth pour. The brand's own export technical sheet classifies it as "Crystalline Aged", and retailer listings describe about 18 months in American white oak before filtration. Cristalino is not an official category under the mezcal standard; it is the brand's name for this aged-then-filtered style, borrowed from tequila. The idea is to take the depth that oak aging gives an agave spirit, then filter for a clean, clear pour that drinks closer to a blanco while keeping some of the barrel's roundness. Retailer listings describe toasted walnut, dried fruit, vanilla, apple and spice, a profile that reads like the midpoint between an aged tequila and a rested mezcal. Served chilled or over a large cube, it is an easy neat sipper and also mixes cleanly into a Paloma or a cristalino-style Margarita.