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| Producer | Luneta |
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| Country | Mexico |
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| Region | San Luis Potosi |
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| Style | Destillado de Agave |
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| Sku | 210000017314 |
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| Size | 750ml |
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Daniel and Jesus gather wild Verde + Blanco (Salmiana agave) from the desert hills of San Luis Potosi. These large and flavorful agaves typically mature in 14 to 18 years.
The Navarro brothers roast their agave hearts in an above ground earthen oven with mezotes (dry agave leaves & roots), dried palms, dry nopal cactus and volcanic rock. The roast typically takes 3 days.
The cooked agave is smashed with a horse-drawn grind stone (Tahona). While still considered an ancestral technique, a few years ago the family stopped milling by hand with a wooden mallet. This is the only aspect of the elaboration process that has changed in the last 400 years.
A rarely used practice, the Navarros deploy a large woven hammock to squeeze out the sweet juices from the roasted and smashed agave.
Instead of water, these master distillers use pulque (an ancient fermented agave beverage) to help stimulate the wild yeast during fermentation. The process takes 1 to 2 days depending on the temperature.
The fermented liquid is distilled in a three-part clay pot still. The third pot holds the mezcal and is weighed by fresh agave leaves. Its copper top holds the water that they continuously stir and switch out to control the temperature. The maestros attend to the distillation for 60 to 72 hours strait, yielding an average of just 90 liters per month.
The Navarro brothers combine only heads and hearts, discarding the tails to arrive at Luneta's Verde + Blanco 48% abv.
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