Gozona Sierra Negra

~50% ABV

Made by Sergio Juarez and his son Luis Enrique in the village of San Agustin Amatengo, in Ejutla Oaxaca. Sierra Negra is an Agave Americano and the ones for this batch were harvested from a plot at 4500 feet elevation. The agaves were pit roasted with pine wood and crushed with an ox-drawn tahona. The mash is fermented with ambient yeasts and spring water in wooden "tinas" or tanks and distilled just once in a copper refrescadera still. The brand is owned fully by the family that produced it.

Notes of vanilla and malted milk chocolate, some green vegetal flavors, bright acidity. A fascinating and extremely drinkable Sierra Negra.