FLOR DEL DESIERTO CASCABEL SOTOL 48% 750ML NOM-159-SCFI-2004 (RATTLESNAKE PECHUGA) (Chihuahua, Mexico)

Pechuga-style sotol produced in Chihuahua, Mexico Maestro Sotolero Don Gerardo Ruelas 100% Dasylirion leiophyllum, aged 18–22 years, wild harvested at low elevation in the Coyame Desert Cooked in shallow pits fueled by willow and oak Shredded by axe and knife Open-air fermented for 5–7 days in pine wood tanks (tinas) Distilled three times in traditional copper pot stills The third distillation introduces fresh rattlesnake meat at about 3 grams per liter of sotol Aged for 90 days in 40-year-old neutral oak casks A unique spirit with a complex character that includes citrus, quince, and salty pine resin rounded by the natural sweetness of roasted piñas and the soft vanillin of oak age, all wrapped up with a long, elegant mineral finish 48% ABV INFO Producer:Flor Del Desierto Vintage:NV Country:Mexico Region:Chihuahua Spirit Type:Agave / Sotol / Pox Spirit Sub Type:Sotol TASTING NOTES Made from 100% wild-harvested Dasylirion leiophyllum harvested in the Coyame Desert by Master Sotelier, Don Gerardo Ruelas. Roasted in a pit oven using willow and oak firewood, and milled using axe and knife. This sotol is triple-distilled in the “pechuga” style, made with fresh rattlesnake meat (about 3g / L), and is matured for 90 days in neutral oak casks after distillation. A unique spirit with a complex character that includes citrus, quince, and salty pine resin rounded by the natural sweetness of roasted piñas and the soft vanillin of oak age, all wrapped up with a long, elegant mineral finish. 48% ABV.