5 Sentidos Sierra Negra

$129.99

Alberto Martinez distilled this Sierra Negra at his palenque in Santa Catarina Albarradas, located in the Sierra Norte mountains of Oaxaca. The Sierra Negra harvested for this batch were cultivated almost 7,500 feet above sea level. While Alberto mashes the cooked agave with mallets, Alberto's wife and daughter strip bark from oak tree branches called tepehuaje. Tepehuaje is a natural source of nitrogen and is added into the concrete tanks with spring water during fermentation to help stabilize it during the cold night climate. This spirit brings to mind a basket of tropical fruits and a bouquet of sweet herbs.

ALC/VOL: 46-51%

Size: 750 ml

Production

Distiller: Alberto Martinez

Region: Santa Catarina Albarradas, Oaxaca

Agave: Sierra Negra (agave americana sp.)

Milling: By hand with axes and wooden mallets

Fermentation: In stone with tepehuaje bark

Distillation: Double distilled in clay pots

Tasting Notes

Nose: eucalyptus, stone fruit

Palate: pineapple, currants, sweet herbs, dusty, minerals, acidic