La Luna Mezcal Cupreata (75cl, 46%)

La Luna Mezcal Cupreata is a traditional Michoacán mezcal made from wild agave Cupreata harvested after eight to ten years. It is fire-roasted, hand-milled and double-distilled in a copper-and-pinewood Tarascan still. Made in Etúcuaro, Michoacán, at 1,790 metres, it comes from the Peréz Escot family at Destiladora Las Azucenas, who have crafted mezcal on the same property since 1910 and are now in their fourth generation. The agave piñas are fire-roasted in a stone-lined horno using estate white oak, milled by hand, naturally fermented in open-air wooden vats and double-distilled. Because production is fully artisanal, the ABV varies by batch. The character is earthy and mineral, with roasted-agave depth and gentle smoke characteristic of Cupreata mezcal.