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
- 46.7 % ABV
- 77 litres produced in 2023