El Buho Mezcal

Product of: Mexico

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Spanish for owl, El Buho is made from 100% Espadin agaves roasted in a stone pit with local mesquite wood for 7 days and nights. The agaves are crushed using a donkey-pulled Tohona wheel, and the resulting sweet juice fermented in a wooden vat before being double-distilled in a copper pot still.

Review and Tasting

Sampled on 19/01/2013

Appearance:

Crystal clear.

Aroma:

Herbaceous, smoky dried spiced meat.

Taste:

Smoked root vegetables and peppers with herbal notes and faint sweetness.

Aftertaste:

Long smoky, lightly spiced herbaceous finish.