Don Amado Mezcal Rustico CS20230516 and vinifies in neutral oak

and vinifies in neutral oak with extended aging on the lees before disgorgement

leading to a deeply persistent finish defined by a distinct Atlantic salinity

single distiller

and the focus has not changed: low-intervention farming

Don Amado Mezcal Rustico CS20230516 and vinifies in neutral oakSanta Catarina Minas is the Oaxacan village known for distilling mezcal in clay pots instead of copper, and this is the bottling that put that style on most American back bars. The Arellanes family has been distilling here for generations: mature highland espadn is roasted about four days in wood fired earthen pits over guamchil and mesquite, fermented with wild yeast, then twice distilled in small ceramic stills fitted with bamboo tubes. Clay yields