Mezcal Amaras Cupreata Joven (75cl, 43%)

An unaged mezcal made from 100% Cupreata agave, called Papalote, wild-grown on the slopes of Guerrero's Rio Balsas basin at 4,000 to 6,000 feet. The agave takes around thirteen years to mature. Maestro Mezcalero Don Faustino Robledo cooks it in a conical earth oven over red oak, ferments it in ayacahuite pine wood and double-distils it in copper. It is bottled joven, with roasted pumpkin seeds, leather and cocoa on the nose, and an intense, bright, herbal palate with green pepper and bell pepper.