MEZCALOSFERA 2022 PAPALOMÉ WITH LIMA - EDGARDO MOTA | 500 ML

This 90 litres batch was made by Master distiller Edgardo Mota from la Mixteca baja, Oaxaca. Edgardo is 60 years old, and second generation of mezcal producers. He learned the art of making mezcal from his relatives and only work with agaves from his land located about 1500 - 1550 meters above sea level. The 2 agave species in his land are Espadin and Papalomé, the second one being his favourite one to drink. The Papalomé is an agave that takes between 12 to 18 years to mature. This small batch was cooked in the old fashioned way of conical earthen oven, crushed by hand using a wooden hammer, fermented in pine wood vat using wild yeast and double distilled in copper still pot. The lima is a special kind of lime fruit from Oaxaca, Mexico, described best as a cross between a lime and orange. The fruit was added on the second distillation and really shines through. 

PRODUCTION NOTES:

• Made by Maestro Edgardo Mota
• Maguey Papalomé (Agave cupreata)
• Age of the agave: 12 - 18 years
• Mixteca baja, Oaxaca, Mexico - located 1500 - 1550 meters above sea level
• Roasted in truncated conical earthen oven 
• Crushed with a hammer by hand
• Fermented in open-air pine barrels with natural yeast using well water 
• Two distillation in Filipino style copper pot still 
• 47.9% ABV
• 90 litres produced in August 2022