Reservas de la Biosfera

 Mezcales de Leyenda presents ‘Reservas de la Biosfera’,  the first edition in our collection dedicated to most important national parks in Mexico.  We begin this series with a special mezcal from the reserve:  Tehuacán-Cuicatlán, at the the southern limits of Puebla with Oaxaca in the larges cactus reserve in the world

To bring to you this exquisite mezcal, with a base of regional magueyes, agave marmorata and agave macrocantha, we collaborate with the Ortega family, who are master mezcaleros from the region with four generations of experience between them. 

 All of the special editions from Mezcales de Leyenda have a special social cause. Through the edition ‘Reservas de la Biosfera’ we are donating a significant part of our proceeds to the conservation of regional cactacea in collaboration with local gropups. 

Reservas de la Biosfera

 

Mezcal Artesanal Blanco

Ensamble of maguey/Agave marmorata & macrocantha
Tehuacán, Puebla
Alc/Vol: 48%
Double Distilled in copper pots
Reservas de la Biósfera Edition 2016
Production of 555 bottles

Aromas: sweet cooked agave, sea water salinity;

Flavors: mineral saline notes, slight peaty notes, very long finish 

Agave Marmorata & Macrocantha

With the express permission form the local community and local authority responsible for the care and upkeep of the natural reserve, we harvested two types of magueyes from the region, Agave marmorata for the majority (seen in the picture) and agave macrocantha, aslo known as espadilla

Find out about how harvest all of our wild agaves in sustainable manners by clicking here.

Ortega Family

This delicious mezcal is a joint collaboration of 3 generations coming together, Don Bernardo, grandfather and first generation mezcalero (pictured), his son Don José and son Aquilino, third generation; who have the fortune of being able to work together.

Palenque

Water, fresh local stream water

Cooked in a conical lava rock pit for 4 days

Fermentation, wooden oak tanks with all natural airborne yeasts for 8 – 10 days

Distillation in a copper alembic still with serpentine

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