Don Amado Mezcal Arroqueno

Rustic and refined, Don Amado Arroqueño is made from an enormous maguey species that requires 18 years to mature but is cultivatable, so ecologically sustainable while simultaneously wildly exotic and delicious.

Bright floral aromatics of caramelized maguey, leather and soft smoke lend structure to ripe, cooked yam fruit flavors. A supple mouthfeel delivers quince, persimmon, lemon verbena and kaffir, juxtaposed with layered chocolate, espresso and savory spice with balanced minerality and savory roast characteristics.

Master Distiller: Germaín Arellanes Arellanes
Made 100% from Arroqueño maguey grown at 4,800' in the town of San Pablo Apostol, Oaxaca
Halved & quartered (cogollo removed) agave earthen roasted for four days using mix of guamúchil and mesquite wood
Cooked maguey macerated with proprietary blade spindle destrozadora shredder
Fermented together with bagaso in 1,400L pine wood vats using airborne yeast strains
Double distilled in ceramic pot stills to approx. 53% ABV and reduced with triple distilled demineralized water, no tails
No aging, bottled at 46% ABV