ALIPUS Santa Ana del Rio
Minerva Hernández made what’s inside the bottle in your hand.
fermented in slender pine vats & distilled by Doña Minerva Hernández from agave espadín. The pueblo is at 4000 feet but the local agaves are grown higher up grown at about 5200 feet in mountainous sandy & calciferous soils. Balanced and very cleanly distilled: our favorite. Soft and lightly fruity.
Short video of Ansley Coale on Alipus & Santa Ana
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Minerva Hernández
Crossing the river to the destilería
The destilería
Delivering agaves
The roasting oven
The Tinas
Minerva's father brought the first mill to Santa Ana
Distilling
Great mezcal coming from the still
Ansley Coale's tasting notes on Santa Ana del Rio