Mezcal, Bicuishe, 'Antonio', La Medida

• Mezcal produced in Miahuatlán, Oaxaca • Maestro Mezcalero Antonio Cortés Aragon • 100% Bicuishe (Agave karwinskii) • Cooked in a conical earthen oven and crushed using a traditional stone tahona mill drawn by a bull (!) • Fermented in open-air wooden tanks (tinas) • Distilled twice using copper pot stills with hybrid refrescadera condenser • This a distinct crowd pleaser; herbaceous and earthy yet fresh and green with subtle acidity and rounded angles, soft like the texture of wet clay • 47% ABV (ABV may vary batch to batch) Piney and fibrous, this is a beautiful example of one of the many subspecies of Agave karwinskii found around Oaxaca, though Bicuishe is a term less frequently used in commercial productions outside the district of Miahuatlán.