Tepanal Ancestral Arroqueño Mezcal (75cl, 49.5%)

Tepanal Ancestral Arroqueño is a still-proof ancestral mezcal from maestro Rafael García Aragón in Santa María Sola de Vega, Oaxaca. It is distilled from Arroqueño, Agave americana var. oaxacensis, which can take 15 to 25 years to mature. The García Quiroz family roasts the agave for about three days in a stone-lined earthen pit, ferments it with wild yeast in open wooden vats and double distils it in small clay pots. It is bottled at 49.5% ABV in a 750ml bottle. Green herbs and roasted vegetal depth lead, with savory, almost brothy richness, roasted agave sweetness and clay-pot minerality.