Tepanal Ancestral Tobalá Mezcal (75cl, 48%)

An ancestral mezcal from Santa María Sola de Vega, Oaxaca, distilled from wild Tobalá agave and bottled at 48% ABV. The label names Agave seemanniana and Agave potatorum. It is made by maestro Rafael García Aragón and the García Quiroz family. The agave is roasted for about three days in a stone-lined earthen pit, fermented with wild yeast in open wooden vats, and double distilled in small clay pots. Tobalá is a small, wild agave that yields far less spirit per plant than espadín. Floral and fruit-forward on the nose, with the soft sweetness Tobalá is prized for. The palate stays delicate and lifted, with clean minerality and gentle earthiness, finishing fresh and precise.