This batch of Papalometl distilled in the month of February 2023 was fired in a 4-ton conical brick oven, then rested for two days and was crushed in an electric mill. Its fermentation in a single leather tank for 25 days only with wild yeasts. It was obtained in a single distillation, using a copper still. The final result is an exquisite distillate of 46.7 AVB.
PRODUCTION NOTES:
Made by maestra mezcalera Fabiola Torres Monfil
100% wild maguey Papalometl (Agave potatorum)
Average age of the agave before harvest: 12 years
San Diego la Mesa Tochimiltzingo, about 1027 meters above sea level
Roasted in truncated conical earthen oven
Hand crushed with axe and machetes first and electric shredder to finish
Dry fermentation in open cow's leather vat with natural yeast
One distillation in Filipino style copper pot still using well water