Don Mateo Mezcal Joven Cupreata Consignment An unpeated single malt aged

An unpeated single malt aged in American oak

and genuinely age-worthy

Pinot Noir supplies the body

citrus-driven character comes through cleanly

Don Mateo Mezcal Joven Cupreata Consignment An unpeated single malt agedAgave cupreata is the signature maguey of the Ro Balsas basin, and it is a far more aromatic plant than the espadn that dominates Oaxaca slower growing, smaller, and much harder to farm. Emilio Vieyra, sixth generation at Don Mateo de la Sierra and the first certified mezcalero in Michoacn, works it in the temperate highlands above Morelia: agave roasted in a conical earthen pit, milled, fermented naturally in wood lined underground tanks with spring