San Bartolo Pelon Verde
LQ5504-NV
San Bartolo
San Bartolo Pelon Verde
Oaxaca , Mexico
| Type: | Mezcal |
| Varietals: | A.Angustifolia |
| Region: | Oaxaca |
| Farming Methods: | The harvest process, or jima, is a labor-intensive, entirely manual undertaking. Select mature agave plants (often 12 to 17 years old), sever the sharp leaves with a flat-bladed tool (coa), and extract the core heart, known as the piña. |
| Climate: | Semi-warm subhumid with summer rains, less humid (31.98%), semi-warm subhumid with summer rains, medium humidity (25.88%), temperate subhumid with summer rains, more humid (19.05%), semi-arid very hot and hot (17.47%), and temperate subhumid with summer rains, medium humidity (5.62%) |
| Fermentation: | Wooden Pine Vats 8 days |
| ABV | 47% | Size | 750ml |
ABOUT THIS BOTTLE
This variety of maguey, belongs to the group Angustifolia. Maguey pelón verde’s color is an intense green that is covered by a film of a white powder. This peculiar maguey has no thorns in the contour of the leaves. Instead the thorn is found at the tip of the penca. In the community it is known as maguey, green hairy. At full maturity it can reach a height of 80 to 100 cm, and a diameter of 50 cm or more, weighing more than 250 kg on average.
Cooked in an underground pit oven with a tahona process pulled along by a horse to crush the Agaves and then ferment in wooden baths to finalized with a double-distilled by 5 generation Maestro Mezcalero.
