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AGAVE SPIRITS

Mezcal Vago

AGAVE SPIRITS

Oaxaca, Mexico (Montanero Mezcal)

Mezcal Vago is family owned and operated and represents unique, unapologetic, traditional and transparent mezcals from single estates in Oaxaca. Vago honors the mezcalero by always having the distiller’s name on the bottle.

AMERICAN

WHISKEY

Aquilino Garcia Lopez Founder Judah Kuper’s father-in-law, Aquilino’s agave are of a distinct, almost brandy-like flavor.The fertile land around his Palenque in Yegolé produces a rich variety of agaves, allowing him to release Mexicano, Elote, Espadin, Cuixe and Tepeztates in limited batches. Joel Barriga  The cousin of Aquilino, Joel’s Palenque sits in the Hacienda Tapanala where he produces Espadin. While higher in elevation, the soil and climate are nearly identical to Aquilino’s Palenque. Solomon “Tio Rey” Rodriguez  Sola De Vega, a region famous for its use of olla de barro (clay pots) for distillation. The result is very different flavors based on various amounts of Espadin, Mexicano, Coyote, Arroqueño and Sierra Negra. Occasionally he produces Tobala en Barro and Espadin en

SCOTCH • IRISH WHISK(E)Y

Barro in very limited batches. Emigdio Jarquin Don Emigdio distills outside of Miahuatlán de Porfirio Díaz, on a unique still called a Refrescador. He currently produces Madre Cuixe and Cuixe (he would call it Bicuixe) as well as limited batches of Tobala.

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SUGAR CANE

TO ORDER: 800.669.9428

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