Mezcalosfera Papalote Erika Meneses Aguardiente de Agave

Mezcalosfera Papalote Erika Meneses Aguardiente de Agave

750 mL
Item # 54853

Made from 14 year Papalote agaves, cooked over oak and tepehuaje wood in a conical earthen oven. Ground mechanically, fermented in wood, and twice distilled in copper stills. Made by mezcalera Erika Meneses, she is a rare female mezcal producer, and the first in her family. Only 100 liters were produced.

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Agave

Also called “maguey,” agave refers to a family of succulents that are not, surprisingly, related to any cactus. The plants grow in the southwestern United States, Mexico, and Central America. Agave has a sweet, mild flavor when cooked. There are more than 300 agave species; an agave plant takes eight to twelve years to mature. The juice of the blue agave, cultivated primarily in the state of Jalisco, is used to make tequila; other agave species are used to make mezcal, bacanora, sotol, and...

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Aguardiente

Purists insist that real aguardiente must be made from sugarcane, but in practice this term refers to a range of strongly alcoholic spirits made from fruits, grains, and other base ingredients.


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