Tepanal Agave Spirit Coyote de Rafael Garcia Aragon 750ml

Tepanal Coyote is produced by mezcalero Rafael Rafa Garca Aragon in Santa Mara Sola de Vega, Oaxaca. The agaves are roasted in a pit oven, fermented for 5-7 days in cypress tanks with open air yeasts, milled by mechanical shredder, and double distilled in small clay pots.

The name Tepanal comes from the Nahuatl word Tepanaltepec, which means hill of honeycombs, which was the name for Santa Maria Sola from the time of the Spanish conquest until 1915. Tepanal pays homage to the community and its history, where honey extraction was an important activity that the residents of Tepanaltepec implemented.

Rafael Rafa Garcia Aragon is a first generation mezcalero. Rafa emigrated to California but returned to Santa Maria Sola in 2008 and established his distillery, Palenque Escondido, in 2014. Rafas son, Jair Garcia, also became involved in the mezcal-making process, and, in 2019, at the age of 21, Jair immigrated to California to raise funds to start their mezcal brand. Along with Antonio Avendao, they established Tepanal in May 2020.