MINA REAL MEZCAL

Mina Real is an ecologically sustainable mezcal made with maguey slowly cooked in a brick kiln without the consumption of firewood. The cooking method highlights the plants' bright floral bouquet without burning an industry average of 2.5kgs of firewood per litre produced. Utilizing a combination of both modern and historical techniques, the maguey honeys for Mina Real are fermented intact with their crushed maguey piña fibers, followed by a double distillation in pot stills for pronounced earthiness and character.

Mina Real Mezcal Blanco

70cl | 46% abv

Mina Real Blanco is made with agave Espadín in Santa Catarina Minas, Oaxaca. The agave used in this mezcal are grown at about 4,800 feet above sea level. Once harvested, the agave are steam roasted in a cantera limestone kiln oven, milled with a shredder, fermented in 1,400 litre pine wood vats using airborne yeast, and double distilled in a small clay-pot still.

Mina Real Mezcal is made at Destileria Real de Minas in Santa Catarina Minas, Oaxaca. This is the same distillery that makes Mezcal Don Amado. While Don Amado has several releases that are made with various agave, Mina Real is made solely with agave Espadín.

Tasting Notes: Smokey, bright mineral notes on the nose. Smoother, with light earthy soil tones on the palette. Citrus is in the background.

Master Distiller: Germaín Arellanes Santos

Approx. 26 Bx Sugars from Angustofolia Haw Espadín maguey grown at 4,800' in municipio of Sta. Catarina Minas, Oaxaca
Halved & quartered (cogollo removed) maguey cooked in cantera limestone kiln oven
30hr roast including 6hr pre-roast to melt off bitters and 6hr cool down
Cooked maguey macerated with proprietary blade spindle destrozadora shredder
Fermented with together with bagazo, in 1,400L pine wood vats using airborne yeast strains
Double distilled in wood fired 60L ceramic pot stills to approx. 53% ABV and reduced with reverse osmosis demineralized water
No aging, bottled at 46% ABV