Mezcal El Rey Zapoteco Tobalá Joven 700 ml 45%

Base Price: 107,14€ per 1 liter. All prices include VAT & exclude shipping.

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Base Price: 107,14€ per 1 liter
All prices include VAT & exclude shipping

This young mezcal from El Rey Zapoteco is made from tobalá, a rare and wild variety of agave which has a low yield and is highly prized. The mezcal is light and has a silky mouthfeel. It tastes sweet and earthy and leaves citric notes in the palate. ABV 45%

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About Mezcal El Rey Zapoteco Tobalá

Agave Tobalá
Agave Tobalá (Potatorum)

 

El Rey Zapoteco Tobalá is made 100% with agave potatorum, commonly known as tobalá. This is a rare, and highly prized, type of wild agave which only grows at high altitudes in the state of Oaxaca, México.

Tobalá takes between 12 to 15 years to reach maturity for harvesting. The piña is relatively small and weights approximately 40 kilograms, yielding only one or two bottles of mezcal.

Unlike other varieties, Tobalá does not produce sprouts,  relying exclusively on seeds to reproduce and enlisting the help of birds, bats – and now humans – to spread them.

 

Additional information

Master distiller

Hernandez Escobar Family

Production site

Santiago Matatlán, Oaxaca, México

Production method

Traditionally handcrafted

Agave variety

Tobalá (Potatorum)

Volume

700 ml.

Alcohol content

45%

Harvesting method

Traditional hoe and machete

Oven

Conical oven with river rocks covered with a blanket and earth

Wood

Oak

Grinding method

Chilean tahona from quarry

Fermentation

Natural fermentation in pine and oak wooden vats

Distillation

Double distillation in copper still and cooling coils

Tasting notes

Light with a silky mouthfeel. It tastes sweet and earthy and leaves citric notes in the palate.