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Details
- Location: Santiago Matatlán
- Agave: espadín
- Maestro: Carlos Méndez Blas
- ABV: 46%
- Tasting keywords: cacao, butterscotch, charcoal
Nose: Leather
Taste: First a hint of charcoal and butterscotch with a soft mouthfeel and then the slow reveal of concentrated cacao, followed by a spicy, perfumed finish with the faintest hint of menthol.
Production Details
- Roast: In-ground oven
- Crush: tahona
- Fermentation: Open fermentation in pine tinas
- Distillation: Distilled in copper pot stills, left to steep with macerated Oaxacan cacao for one month, and distilled again with cacao.
Background
Based in Santiago Matatlán, Palomo is a family-owned mezcal brand led by fourth generation palenquero Carlos Méndez Blas.
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