History,
Brand: Chinga Quedito Mezcal
Mezcalero: Bezaleel Arellanes
Maguey: Marteño
Agave: Karwinskii
Milling: Hand
Distillation: Clay Pot
Style: Joven
State: Oaxaca
Town: Santa Catarina Minas
ABV: 50.5%
Chinga Quedito Marteño is produced by maestro mezcalero Bezaleel Arellanes in the community of Santa Catarina Minas, Oaxaca. This community is known for their ancestral mezcal, which is distilled in small clay pot stills. The Agave karwinskii used in this mezcal were cooked in an underground pit oven, milled by hand with mallets, fermented with open air yeasts, and double distilled in the small clay pot stills for which this region of Oaxaca is known.
Tasting Notes,
Nose: Notes of leather and wood, fresh bright aromas of rose petals, violet, coconut, and guava.
Palate: The palate is thick with notes of vanilla bean, maple, cooked butter, a touch of fresh mint.
Brand: Chinga Quedito Mezcal
Mezcalero: Bezaleel Arellanes
Maguey: Marteño
Agave: Karwinskii
Milling: Hand
Distillation: Clay Pot
Style: Joven
State: Oaxaca
Town: Santa Catarina Minas
ABV: 50.5%
Chinga Quedito Marteño is produced by maestro mezcalero Bezaleel Arellanes in the community of Santa Catarina Minas, Oaxaca. This community is known for their ancestral mezcal, which is distilled in small clay pot stills. The Agave karwinskii used in this mezcal were cooked in an underground pit oven, milled by hand with mallets, fermented with open air yeasts, and double distilled in the small clay pot stills for which this region of Oaxaca is known.
Tasting Notes,
Nose: Notes of leather and wood, fresh bright aromas of rose petals, violet, coconut, and guava.
Palate: The palate is thick with notes of vanilla bean, maple, cooked butter, a touch of fresh mint.
