Cuentacuentos Espadin Ancestral Mezcal Miguel Angel Cruz Rios (750ml / 46.22%)
Maguey espadin (Agave angustifolia) is the most commonly used Maguey in mezcal. It generally takes about 8-12 years to mature, and it can be grown in a variety of farm and wild environments. Where Maguey azul (Agave tequilana) dominates tequila, Maguey espadin dominates mezcal.
Cuentacuentos curates small-batch traditional mezcals and destilados de agave from producers across the state of Oaxaca. Cuentacuentos released its first 6 mezcal expressions in 2018; future releases from the brand will change over time and include non-certified mezcals. The logo and bottle artwork (by artist Cesar Ruiz Conseco) features an opossum or tlacuache in Spanish. The tlacuache on the logo is El Viejito, the little old man opposum who stole mezcal from the demons as a service to humanity. The tlacuache ranks with the jaguar, eagle, and burro in importance in Zapotec, Taina, and Mexican mythologies. Cuentacuentos is bottled under NOM-O20X by Carlos Méndez Blas. The Cuentacuentos motto is Mezcal brings people together, stories make us friends.
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Production Notes
- Maguey: Espadin
- State: Oaxaca
- Region: Sola de Vega
- Cooking: Traditional earthen oven pit
- Milling: Wooden mallet and Canoe
- Fermented: Natural yeast - 9 days
- Still Type: Clay pot
- Classification: Ancestral
- ABV of Mezcal: 46.22%
Production Notes
Please note: Every care has been taken to ensure our production notes are as acurate as possible. Where you detect any issues, please let us know and we'll fix them right up.- Master Distiller: Angel Cruz Rios
- Maguey: Espadin
- Town/ Village: Sola de Vega
- State: Oaxaca
- Classification: Ancestral Mezcal
- Expression: Joven
- Cooking method: Conical Earthen Pit
- Extraction method: Hand Mallets
- Fermentation: Wooden Fermentation Tubs,Wild Yeast
- Still type: Clay Pot
- Distillation: Double
- ABV: 46.22 %
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