CUENTACUENTOS Barro

Small 30-liter batches of joven (blanco) espadín (agave angustifolia), with the first distillation in copper, the second distillation in a clay pot still. Wonderful mouth-feel. Great price for clay-finished mezcal.  (750ml/40% abv)

RSP $48

CUENTACUENTOS ARROQUEÑO ARTESANAL

From Ángel Cruz Robles in El Lazo in the mountains above Sola de Vega. Agave Americana var.  (750ml/50% abv)

RSP $120

CUENTACUENTOS Arroqueño ancestral.

Wild agave Americana from Miguel Cruz Rios in El Lazo, west of Sola de Vega. the region’s arroqueño has a feral intensity. Complex, & well-distilled. (750ml/46.34% abv) 

RSP $120

CUENTACUENTOS COYOTE ANCESTRAL

On clay potstills. A wild local sub-varietal of agave Americana. Another beauty from Ángel Cruz Robles in El Lazo above Sola de Vega  (750ml / 45.67% abv)

RSP $120 

CUENTACUENTOS COYOTE ANCESTRAL

On clay potstills. From Ángel Cruz Calvo (Ángel Robles’ grandfather) in El Lazo above Sola de Vega. The Sola de Vega wild coyote has longer spines and a small piña than the Americana found in the Oaxaca valley. Rare. (750ml/45.67% abv)

RSP $120

CUENTACUENTOS CUISH ARTESANAL

Wild Agave Karwinskii from Serafín Garcia Gerónimo near San Dioniso Ocotopec. Beautifully distilled.  (750ml/47.9% abv)

RSP $86

CUENTACUENTOS CUPREATA (PAPALOTE)

From Antonio Sonido in Pantitlan in Guerrero. The wild cupreata is so named because of the distinctive slight hint of copper on the palate. It’s one of our favorite agaves: complex. (750ml/49.63% abv)  SOLD OUT

RSP $99

CUENTACUENTOS PAPALOTE ARTESANAL

Wild Agave Cupreata from Tomás Gutierrez in Tepehuizco, at 5800 feet in Guerrero state. Tangy and complex.  (750ml/47% abv) SOLD OUT

RSP $189

CUENTACUENTOS TEPEXTATE ARTESANAL MEMORIAL RELEASE

Wild Agave Marmorata from Everardo Garcia Salvador in San Pablo Mitla. His last distillation: he died shortly later. Read Spear marked up the price and is giving it all to Everardo’s family. Rich and feral. (750ml/48.56% abv) SOLD OUT

RSP $125

CUENTACUENTOS TEPEZTATE ARTESANAL

CUENTACUENTOS TOBALÁ

Wild agave potatorum from Daniel Léon in Quielela near Sola de Vega, Ancestral distillation in a clay pot still. Tobalá from Sola de Vega distilled in clay is about as good as mezcal gets. (750ml/45.88% abv)

RSP $99

CUENTACUENTOS ESPADÍN ARTESANAL

On clay potstills. From Angel Robles above Sola De Vega. Agave angustifolia.(750ml / 48% abv)

RSP $89

CUENTACUENTOS ESPADÍN ARTESANAL

From Serafin Garcia Gerónimo near San Dionisio Ocotopec. Agave angustifolia.(750ml/48% abv)

RSP $70.

CUENTACUENTOS MADRECUISHE ARTESANAL

Semi-wild agave Karwisnskii fron Everardo Garcia Salvador in San Pablo Mitla (the 1544 church stands on top of great Mizteca ruins). Soft minerality from chalky soil. (750ml/47.59 abv)

RSP $96

CUENTACUENTOS Mexicano

Wild agave macroacanthai from Lurentino Santos in Santa Catarina Coatlan in Miahuatlan. Nice minerality from the ferriferous soils.  (750ml/46.7% abv)

RSP $115.    

CUENTACUENTOS Papalote artesanal

Wild agave cupreata capón harvested at 1600 meters from Benigno Sanchez Gatica in El Peral, Chilapa de Alvarez, Guerrero state. Cupreata is at its’ best in Guerrero. Ansley’s favorite agave/intense (750ml/47.9% abv)

RSP $125

CUENTACUENTOS TOBALÁ ANCESTRAL

From Ángel Cruz Calvo in El Lazo in the mountains above Sola de Vega. The rare agave Seemania: worth buying. Scarce. (750ml/47.23% abv)

RSP $120

CUENTACUENTOS TOBALÁ ARTESANAL

From Serafín Garcia Gerónimo near San Dioniso Ocotopec. Wild agave potatorum. Good price for tobalá. (750ml/45% abv)

RSP $96

CUENTACUENTOS TOBALÁ ARTESANAL

From Everardo Garcia Salvador in San Pablo Mitla. Agaves potatorum & angustifolia. (750ml/47.5% abv)

RSP $90