Origen Raiz Sotol Malpais (75cl)

Origen Raiz Sotol Malpais is a traditional sotol from the Malpaís de Durango, Mexico, made from wild-harvested Dasylirion cedrosanum rather than agave. It is produced at Viñata El Ojo, Rancho El Ojo, by a project of the Saravia family of Durango and the Cortés family of Oaxaca. Production uses a conical earthen pit oven fired with black oak, tahona milling, fermentation in pine vats with bagasso, and double distillation in a 280-litre copper alembic. The brand states that ABV varies by batch. No official tasting notes are given; expected character is earthy pit-oven notes, desert-herb and mineral notes from the Dasylirion, and an unaged spirit profile.