Rey Campero Tepeztate + Cuishe + Espadin

48.5% ABV

Produced by the Sanchez family in the village of Candelaria Yegole, Oaxaca. This is an ensamble of Tepeztate (Agave Marmorata), Cuishe (Agave Karwinskii), and Espadin (Agave Angustifolia). They harvest their agaves from the arid plain high above their palenque. The agaves are pit roasted in an earthen oven and crushed with a stone tahona. They are wild fermented with ambient yeasts in pine tanks and double distilled in copper alembic stills. This batch was aged in glass garafones for 14 months prior to bottling. This is one of those special Ensambles where you can pick out the flavors of each of the component agaves. It has the indescribably funky fruit from Tepeztate, a bit of earthy vegetal structure from the Cuishe, and some heft and agave sweetness from the Espadin.