El Buho - Jabali Mezcal

EL BUHO - JABALI MEZCAL

From the Brand: A velvety and bright expression, the Jabali has strong baking spice on the nose with light citric notes. White pepper, cinnamon, and lime all interplay to create a tannic and chocolatey spirit. The jabali agave is notorious for being the most difficult agave to work with due to the foam it produces and the lower sugar content. Requires three to four distillations. This agave is named after the wild boar because of it’s spikey, curved leaf resemblance to the animal.

Scientific Name

Agave Convallis

Agave Source

Santa Maria Zoquitlan, Oaxaca

Agave Cook

~ 5 days stone oven

Fermentation

10 days in pine vats

Yeast

Wild

Mash

Horse-drawn tahona

Distillation

4x in copper stills

Aging

8 months in stainless steel

Alc. By Vol

51%

Maestro Mezcalero

Octavio Jimenez Monterroza