Aguerrido Antonio Sonido Tecomulapa 47.5% 100% Agave Cupreata; Papalote; Pantitlan Guerrero Mex
| Description: | History,. Destilado de Agave produced in Pantitln, Guerrero Maestro Mezcalero Antonio Sonido Tecomulapa 100% Papalote (a. cupreata) harvested with 2 years capn Cooked in a rock-lined conical earthen oven, with Encino amarillo, white oak, and tepehuaje (leadtree); milled using a small mechanical shredder Fermented 58 days in white pine (ayacahuite) tanks with spring water Distilled twice in traditional copper pot stills Rested 1 year 3 months in glass before bottling 162 liters produced 47.6% Abv To make this plush and fruit-driven benchmark Papalote, Don Antonio used both wild agave and his own cultivated agave, harvested velilla, indicating mature agave which is cut just before the quiote can fully emerge. The agave is then castrated (capn) to redirect the plants sugars to the pia for a further 2 years before finally being taken to the fabrica for cooking, milling, fermenting, and distilling. Tasting Notes,. Lovely fruit-forward aromas of honeydew, chamomile, candied strawberry, and roasted parsnip lead to waves of crisp minerality on the palate with leather, white chocolate, jasmine, and chalky vitamin C tablets rolling in and out, extending into a long and evolving finish; a benchmark batch. |
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| Price: | $ 84.99 |
| Price in original currency: | None |
Available from Hi-Time Wine Cellars
| Address: |
250 Ogle Street Costa Mesa, CA 92627 United States |
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| Telephone (toll-free): | 800-331-3005 |
| Telephone (regular): | 949-650-8463 |
| Fax: | 949-631-6863 |
First added to 1000 Corks on February 9, 2024.
