El Jolgorio Mezcal Espadin 9 years

This brand was founded by a father-daughter duo to reinvent the mezcal market in the US by elevating the men (and women) behind the bottle and paying homage to mezcal’s essential role in Mexican culture. They are committed to sustainability and local partnerships as a fundamental pillar of their business model. Master Mezcalero Celestino is a fourth generation mezcalero. He built a palenque, or mezcal distillery, in the courtyard of his family home. There, he makes some of the best small batch, artisanal mezcal in the region. Celestino does everything with a lot of love and compassion. He often says, “we must appreciate the value of the land, and we must give back to the land what it gives to us.” To him mezcal embodies the staples of his culture: family traditions, hard work, and a sustainable relationship with the land. To him, mezcal is magic. This Tobalá starts with a nutty aroma with sprinkles of flavors like toffee and burnt marshmallows. Well-rounded and complex.

750mL One of the few mezcals that are both organic and biodynamic, Fidencio Clásico is made using 100% espadín agave from Santiago Matatlán, Oaxaca. The agaves are roasted for three days in a traditional method using a stone-lined earthen pit. Fermented using ambient yeast and twice-distilled using an old cognac-style still. Biodynamic, Organic Oaxaca, Mexico