Producer: Destiladora Michoacana de Mezcales Tradicionales SPR de RL
Mezcal Expert: José Emilio Vieyra Rangel.
Bottling of origin: Pino Bonito a community from Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico.
Maguey Variety: “americana” (cultivado de 6 a 9 años de edad).
Original site of the Maguey:from communities of Ssahuayo, Jiquilpan, Los Reyes and Marcos Castellanos.
Harvest Type: manually with a Sharp blade knife called trinchera.
Elaboration type: Artisan.
Pechuga Formula: a pouch with turkey brests, deer meet and spices (hanging
inside of the distillation device impregnates the vapes of the 2nd distillation)
Process description:
in the traditional technique , the sellected maguey to cut is
mature, then is cooked in a volcanic rock oven with oak Wood, after is cooked is
crushed then place in Wood barrels adding spring wáter from the mountains.
Then a slow process of natural fermentation beggins for 8 days, the resulting
product then passes to a distillation process, on the second part of the distillation
the Pechuga formula is collocated to imprégnate sutil scents and to soften the
flavor of the distillation, obtaining a body and flavor very sutil to the taste.
Oven type: made from volcanic rocks forming a concave shape.
Milling type: manually with axe and with a mechanic mill.
Fermentation barrel type: oak Wood (embedded in the soil)
Distiller type: filipine still. Internal condensation (copper bottom ladle, pine and
oyamel wood body and stainless Steel cover.
Number of distillations: two.
Alcohol richness adjust: spring wáter.
Alcohol richness: 45° alc.
Net Content: 750 ml.
Color: clear (with no suspended particles)
Organoleptic notes: grain crops breeze, pinaple-lime citric tones, full bodied and
creamy palate. Smoothness aftertaste and light permanence to the palate.