Wahaka Mezcal Joven Espadín 750ml

The embodiment of traditional mezcal. Straight or mixed, the balance of smoke and sweetness mark the start to your mezcal adventure.

Wahaka's agave is exclusively estate-farmed Espadín harvested after 7-8 years, cultivated in San Dionisio Ocotepec, Oaxaca in the district of Tlacolula.

The agave is cooked for 3-5 days in an earthen pit using ocote (pine) wood. It is crushed in tahona (circular millstone). Fermentation lasts 10-12 days in pine vats with wild (natural) yeast, and the spirit is twice distilled in copper stills.

Wahaka is owned and produced by a single indigenous Zapotec family, a lineage that can be traced to beginnings of mezcal itself. The mezcaleros at Wahaka insist that their  mezcal be handmade as their ancestors intended: cooked in earthen pits, crushed under a millstone, and fermented in open-air vats.

When it comes to authentic mezcal, the old world is still the best world.