Pechuga-style sotol produced in Chihuahua, Mexico
Maestro Sotolero Don Gerardo Ruelas
100% Dasylirion leiophyllum, aged 18–22 years, wild harvested at low elevation in the Coyame Desert
Cooked in shallow pits fueled by willow and oak
Shredded by axe and knife
Open-air fermented for 5–7 days in pine wood tanks (tinas)
Distilled three times in traditional copper pot stills
The third distillation introduces fresh rattlesnake meat at about 3 grams per liter of sotol
Aged for 90 days in 40-year-old neutral oak casks
A unique spirit with a complex character that includes citrus, quince, and salty pine resin rounded by the natural sweetness of roasted piñas and the soft vanillin of oak age, all wrapped up with a long, elegant mineral finish.
48% ABV
INFO
Producer:Flor Del Desierto
Vintage:NV
Country:Mexico
Region:Chihuahua
Spirit Type:Agave / Sotol / Pox
Spirit Sub Type:Sotol
TASTING NOTES:
Made from 100% wild-harvested Dasylirion leiophyllum harvested in the Coyame Desert by Master Sotelier, Don Gerardo Ruelas. Roasted in a pit oven using willow and oak firewood, and milled using axe and knife. This sotol is triple-distilled in the “pechuga” style, made with fresh rattlesnake meat (about 3g / L), and is matured for 90 days in neutral oak casks after distillation. A unique spirit with a complex character that includes citrus, quince, and salty pine resin rounded by the natural sweetness of roasted piñas and the soft vanillin of oak age, all wrapped up with a long, elegant mineral finish. 48% ABV.
Maestro Sotolero Don Gerardo Ruelas
100% Dasylirion leiophyllum, aged 18–22 years, wild harvested at low elevation in the Coyame Desert
Cooked in shallow pits fueled by willow and oak
Shredded by axe and knife
Open-air fermented for 5–7 days in pine wood tanks (tinas)
Distilled three times in traditional copper pot stills
The third distillation introduces fresh rattlesnake meat at about 3 grams per liter of sotol
Aged for 90 days in 40-year-old neutral oak casks
A unique spirit with a complex character that includes citrus, quince, and salty pine resin rounded by the natural sweetness of roasted piñas and the soft vanillin of oak age, all wrapped up with a long, elegant mineral finish.
48% ABV
INFO
Producer:Flor Del Desierto
Vintage:NV
Country:Mexico
Region:Chihuahua
Spirit Type:Agave / Sotol / Pox
Spirit Sub Type:Sotol
TASTING NOTES:
Made from 100% wild-harvested Dasylirion leiophyllum harvested in the Coyame Desert by Master Sotelier, Don Gerardo Ruelas. Roasted in a pit oven using willow and oak firewood, and milled using axe and knife. This sotol is triple-distilled in the “pechuga” style, made with fresh rattlesnake meat (about 3g / L), and is matured for 90 days in neutral oak casks after distillation. A unique spirit with a complex character that includes citrus, quince, and salty pine resin rounded by the natural sweetness of roasted piñas and the soft vanillin of oak age, all wrapped up with a long, elegant mineral finish. 48% ABV.
