La Nina del Mezcal Sotol (75cl, 48.9%)

This sotol is distilled from 100% wild Dasylirion cedrosanum, also called desert spoon, in Aldama, Chihuahua. It is not mezcal or tequila, and carries the sotol Denomination of Origin covering Chihuahua, Coahuila and Durango. The piñas are roasted in a stone-lined underground oven fuelled by walnut wood, fermented in open-air pine vats and double-distilled in copper pot stills. It is made by maestro sotolero Gerardo Ruelas for the La Nina del Mezcal brand. The nose shows grapefruit and fresh jalapeño with walnut and a breath of lavender, with a soft, inviting texture and an earthy, vegetal, mineral finish.