RESERVAS DE LA BIÓSFERA
Mezcales de Leyenda presents ‘Reservas de la Biósfera’, the first edition in our collection dedicated to most important national parks in Mexico. We begin this series with a special mezcal from the reserve: Tehuacán-Cuicatlán, at the the southern limits of Puebla with Oaxaca in the larges cactus reserve in the world.
To bring to you this exquisite mezcal, with a base of regional magueyes, agave marmorata and agave macrocantha, we collaborate with the Ortega family, who are master mezcaleros from the region with four generations of experience between them.
Ortega family
This delicious mezcal is a joint collaboration of 3 generations coming together, Don Bernardo, grandfather and first generation mezcalero (pictured), his son Don José and son Aquilino, third generation; who have the fortune of being able to work together.
Reservas de la Biósfera
Mezcal Artesanal Blanco
Ensamble of maguey/Agave marmorata & macrocantha
Tehuacán, Puebla
Alc/Vol: 48% / 750 ml.
Double Distilled in copper pots
Reservas de la Biósfera Edition 2016
Production of 555 bottles
Aroma: sweet cooked agave, sea water salinity
Flavors: mineral saline notes, slight peaty notes, very long finish
Agave marmorata & macrocantha
With the express permission form the local community and local authority responsible for the care and upkeep of the natural reserve, we harvested two types of magueyes from the region, Agave marmorata for the majority (seen in the picture) and agave macrocantha, aslo known as espadilla.
‘Palenque’
Water: fresh local stream water
Cooked in a conical lava rock pit for 4 days
Fermentation: wooden oak tanks with all natural airborne yeasts for 8 – 10 days
Distillation: in a copper alembic still with serpentine
“All of the special editions from Mezcales de Leyenda have a special social cause. Through the edition ‘Reservas de la Biósfera’ we are donating a significant part of our proceeds to the conservation of regional cactacea in collaboration with local groups.”