Santa Ana Del Rio ‘Alipus’ Mezcal Tequila 750ml

Santa Ana is at 4000 feet, but many of the local agaves are grown higher up. The soils are light-colored sandy shale. Eduardo ferments in tall slender pine vats. His mezcals are clean, balanced, fruity, and delicate.

Alipus is distilled from local wild plantings of the agave espadn, the genetic ancestor of the blue agave Weber of tequila.

Distilled in remote pueblos in Oaxacas noted mezcal region: craft production in artisanal family distilleries. The agaves are