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About Del Maguey Pechuga Mezcal<\/h2>\n

Agave Type: Espad\u00edn
\nRegion: Valles Centrales, Oaxaca
\nMaestro Mezcalero: Florencio\u201cDon Lencho\u201d Laureano Carlos Sarmiento & Luis Carlos Vasquez
\nProof: 98 Proof, 49% ABV
\nTasting Notes: Basil, lemon, ocean, fruit, smoke, salinity, a hint of chicken.
\nDetails: Crafted from (double distilled) Minero Mezcal, then triple distilled in a clay pot still with wild mountain apples, plums, big red plantain bananas, pineapples, almonds, uncooked white rice, and a whole chicken breast, which is suspended by strings in the still for 24 hours. <\/p>\n

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About Del Maguey<\/h2>\n

The Del Maguey Single Village Mezcal Project was founded in 1995 by Ronald Cooper, an internationally renown artist and mezcalero. The project aims to identify and support independent mezcal producers in Mexico, who are bound by a common love for the land. “Through deep cultural relationships with Zapotec Mexican Indian producers in the remote villages of Oaxaca, Del Maguey harnesses ancient, original organic processes,” says Cooper. Each mezcal belonging to the project is sourced from a unique region in Oaxaca’s Central Valley and represents a singularly exquisite expression of the village’s terrior.<\/p>\n

Del Maguey Vida Mezcal is crafted from estate-grown agave, which are nearly a decade old and harvested by expert farmers with a special knife called a coa. Once the agave have been harvested, the heart of the plant, or pi\u00f1a, is removed and cooked for several days in a large, earthen pit lined with hot stones. This process caramelizes the pi\u00f1as natural sugars, and gives the pi\u00f1as a slightly smoky aroma and fla vor profile. Then, the pi\u00f1as are crushed and fermented, before the remaining pulp is twice distilled through a small, wood-fired, riverside copper pot still. Following distillation, the mezcal is bottled at 84 proof. <\/p>\n

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About Mezcal<\/h2>\n

Mezcal is a distilled spirit made from roasted agave plants between two days and two weeks, which gives it a distinct smokey flavor.
What scotch is for whisk(e)y, mezcal is for tequila.<\/p>\n

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It can be made from different types of agave in different parts of Mexico, but most of it (60%) comes from the state of Oaxaca. Mezcal offers a large diversity of flavor profiles and ranges between 40 and 55% ABV.<\/p>\n

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Check out our impressive selection of mezcals, and find your new favorite in the Top 10 mezcal & tequilas, or explore The best gifts for mezcal and tequila drinkers.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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Basil, lemon, ocean, fruit, smoke, salinity, a hint of chicken.<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Size<\/span>750mL<\/span>
\n Proof<\/span>98 (49% ABV)<\/span>
\n*Please note that the ABV of this bottle may vary<\/i>\n<\/div>\n
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Del Maguey is the brainchild of R on Cooper. With the help of indigenous Zapotec Mexican Indian producers from the remote villages of Oaxaca, Del Maguey uses ancient, original organic processes, and the varying micro-climates and terroir gives each expression a unique, rich, sweet and smoky character. Every product is made by individual family palenqueros (producers) in old-style villages.<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":81088,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[295],"product_tag":[403],"class_list":["post-10239","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-whiskey","product_tag-del-maguey-pechuga-mezcal","first","instock","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/selmawineandliquor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/product\/10239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/selmawineandliquor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/selmawineandliquor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selmawineandliquor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10239"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/selmawineandliquor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/product\/10239\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81091,"href":"https:\/\/selmawineandliquor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/product\/10239\/revisions\/81091"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selmawineandliquor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/81088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/selmawineandliquor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selmawineandliquor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_brand&post=10239"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selmawineandliquor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_cat&post=10239"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selmawineandliquor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_tag&post=10239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}