Maguey: Espadn (Agave: Angustifolia)
Master Distiller: Monterrosa Family
Producing Community: Santiago Matatln, Oaxaca
Region: Valles Centrales
Cook:Steamed in a stone-lined earthen oven
Mash: Horse-drawn tahona mill
Fermentation: Natural spring water and wild yeasts in Mexican Cypress vats
Distillation: Twice in copper alembic stills
Production volume:~10,000 liters/year
Production date: Dry season
ABV: 48-49%
A lovely Espadin from the Monterrosa family.
The extensive Monterrosa family is originally from Santiago Matatln Oaxaca, started by grandfather Pedro and grandmother Andrea and made up of eleven children. All boys except for the youngest one who is the mother of Flix Monterrosa, founder of the Mezcales CUISH cooperative.
From a very young age, Grandpa Pedro learned the art of mezcal distillation from his father. He worked in other people’s palenque until he was able to buy his own utensils and set up his palenque. Unfortunately, he died young and his children had to disperse to survive by selling mezcal in different towns.
Now Flix started his own family and together with his mother and sister they built the palenque where their ancestral heritage materializes and they manage to distill the Agua del Sol.
