The project arose at a meeting of master mezcaleros at the Mezcaleria Cuish. We discussed that “now in Oaxacan restaurants, a pour of mezcal is more expensive than one of wine or whiskey.” Thus, we enter a paradox: For original consumers, it is now more difficult for them to consume their native spirits, since it is more profitable to export them abroad than to sell them in their places of origin due to the high tax rate and regulations.

MEXICANO (Agave Rhodacantha)

Master distiller: Mtro. Francisco Garcia Leon

Producing community: San Guillermo Miahuatlan, Oaxaca

Production volume: 600 lts

Production date: Mayo, 2020

Batch: V/2020

Milling: Bull-drawn tahona mill

Fermentation: Sabino wood vats

Distillation: Twice distilled in copper alembic stills with a refrescadera or cooling stainless steel band.

Cuts: Adjusted with distilled well water