Don Mateo Mezcal Joven Cupreata Consignment citrus-driven character comes through cleanly

citrus-driven character comes through cleanly

The first Basil Hayden Rye release with an age statement

The Zeltinger Sonnenuhr's legendary south-facing slopes yield Spätlese richness balanced by the Feinherb style—off-dry elegance rather than overt sweetness

The vines here are old (more than a century in some blocks)

Don Mateo Mezcal Joven Cupreata Consignment citrus-driven character comes through cleanlyAgave cupreata is the signature maguey of the Ro Balsas basin, and it is a far more aromatic plant than the espadn that dominates Oaxaca slower growing, smaller, and much harder to farm. Emilio Vieyra, sixth generation at Don Mateo de la Sierra and the first certified mezcalero in Michoacn, works it in the temperate highlands above Morelia: agave roasted in a conical earthen pit, milled, fermented naturally in wood lined underground tanks with spring