Don Mateo Mezcal Joven Cupreata 071126OFFER this is still primary and

this is still primary and tightly wound but already shows the signature Lynch-Bages cassis

Pour it with Comte or anything funky and rich

moderately full bodied

Ramonet's parcel runs to nearly a hectare

and that's exactly what this is: a Horiot Champagne from outside Les Riceys

Don Mateo Mezcal Joven Cupreata 071126OFFER this is still primary andAgave 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