Parejo Sotol Juan Fernandez Ensamble (75cl, 46.4%)

Parejo Sotol Juan Fernandez Ensamble is an unaged spirit made by fourth-generation maestro vinatero Juan Fernández at his viñata in Madera, Chihuahua. It is an ensamble of 60% wild Dasylirion Wheeleri and 40% wild Maguey Cenizo. The plants mature for 15 years in the coniferous forests of Las Escobas before a three-day roast in an underground conical horno over pine wood, covered with volcanic stone. It is rested three months in glass before bottling and adjusted with well water. Warming spices and tropical fruit appear on the nose with browned butter, while the palate turns woodsy with eucalyptus and pine needles, a balanced texture and a long mineral finish.