ZINACANTAN PAPALOMETL FERMENTED IN LEATHER 2023 | 200ml
In November of 2022, a discussion involving Faby, Diana, and Silvestre sparked reflection on the Agave distillate producers in the community who had recently switched from traditional leather fermenting tanks to wooden ones. Faby recounted her last memory of seeing leather tanks as a child, 30 years ago, before locals encouraged the change in the name of "progress." This inspired Faby to retrace her ancestors' footsteps and experiment with small batches of distilled agave, using a traditional leather tank for the first time in nearly three decades. The production process for this batch mirrors that of the traditional Papalometl, but instead of wood, a 700-liter tank made from cow's skin, provided by one of their siblings, was used.
This first batch of Papalometl distilled in the month of February 2023 was fired in a 4-ton conical brick oven, then rested for two days and was crushed in an electric mill. Its fermentation in a single leather tank for 25 days only with wild yeasts. It was obtained in a single distillation, using a copper still. The final result is an exquisite distillate of 46.7 AVB.
PRODUCTION NOTES:
- Made by maestra mezcalera Fabiola Torres Monfil
- 100% wild maguey Papalometl (Agave potatorum)
- Average age of the agave before harvest: 12 years
- San Diego la Mesa Tochimiltzingo, about 1027 meters above sea level
- Roasted in truncated conical earthen oven
- Hand crushed with axe and machetes first and electric shredder to finish
- Dry fermentation in open cow's leather vat with natural yeast
- One distillation in Filipino style copper pot still using well water
- 46.7 % ABV
- 77 litres produced in 2023
ZINACANTAN PAPALOMETL FERMENTED IN LEATHER 2023 | 200ml
In November of 2022, a discussion involving Faby, Diana, and Silvestre sparked reflection on the Agave distillate producers in the community who had recently switched from traditional leather fermenting tanks to wooden ones. Faby recounted her last memory of seeing leather tanks as a child, 30 years ago, before locals encouraged the change in the name of "progress." This inspired Faby to retrace her ancestors' footsteps and experiment with small batches of distilled agave, using a traditional leather tank for the first time in nearly three decades. The production process for this batch mirrors that of the traditional Papalometl, but instead of wood, a 700-liter tank made from cow's skin, provided by one of their siblings, was used.
This first batch of Papalometl distilled in the month of February 2023 was fired in a 4-ton conical brick oven, then rested for two days and was crushed in an electric mill. Its fermentation in a single leather tank for 25 days only with wild yeasts. It was obtained in a single distillation, using a copper still. The final result is an exquisite distillate of 46.7 AVB.
PRODUCTION NOTES:
- Made by maestra mezcalera Fabiola Torres Monfil
- 100% wild maguey Papalometl (Agave potatorum)
- Average age of the agave before harvest: 12 years
- San Diego la Mesa Tochimiltzingo, about 1027 meters above sea level
- Roasted in truncated conical earthen oven
- Hand crushed with axe and machetes first and electric shredder to finish
- Dry fermentation in open cow's leather vat with natural yeast
- One distillation in Filipino style copper pot still using well water
- 46.7 % ABV
- 77 litres produced in 2023