Metiche Salmiana 49 Mezcal (75cl, 49%)

Metiche Salmiana 49 is a 49% ABV mezcal made from 100% wild agave Salmiana, matured 10 to 13 years in the semi-arid Altiplano of San Luis Potosí, Mexico. The agave is tahona-milled, cooked in steam-heated stone ovens, fermented naturally with indigenous yeasts in masonry tubs, and double distilled in copper stills by maestro mezcalero Juan Manuel Pérez Juárez. The 49 is the full-strength expression of that process. It is herbal and earthy, green, mineral and resinous, with unsmoked steam cooking keeping the profile clean rather than smoky. The 49% carries real weight through the finish.