ZINACANTAN 2023 PITZOMEL CUERO | 200 ML

Agave marmorata is endemic to Mexico and is distributed in a small region of only 12,000 square kilometres between the states of Puebla and Oaxaca. The high pressure exerted on it by the distillate market has caused a rapid decline in its population.

In Oaxaca Agave mormorata is well known as Tepextate, or Tepeztate, and Pichumel. In Puebla the common name is Pitzomel. To ensure the highest quality, only the finest and most mature agave plants were selected for its production process, which includes fermenting 700 kilograms of agave plants in a leather tank for 25 days with wild yeasts. This batch, distilled in May of 2023, yielded 40 liters of an exceptional 49.2 ABV distillate, using a single distillation in a copper still. Despite the intense pressures of the distillate market, this traditional method ensures the preservation of the Agave marmorata's population.

PRODUCTION NOTES:

• Made by maestra mezcalera Fabiola Torres-Monfil
• 100% wild maguey Pitzomel (Agave marmorata)
• Average age of the agave before harvest: 25 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 pine tree wood vats with natural yeast 
• One distillation in Filipino style copper pot still using well water
• 49.2% ABV
• 40 litres produced in May 2023