Del Maguey Mexcal Arroqueno

This mezcal is acidic and made from large, semi-wild Arroqueño, and can take up to 18 years to mature. The family roasts the piñas in a conical pit over hot stones, where they are buried with soil for three days before a long, wild fermentation and distillation in the ancestral, traditional clay still of the village of Santa Catarina Minas.   Town, State: Santa Catarina Minas, Oaxaca. Palenquero: Florencio Carlos Sarmiento, Florencio Carlos Vasquez, Luis Carlos Vasquez Agave variety: Arroqueño Vol: 49% Type of still: Clay