Derrumbes Mezcal, Funkiana-Univitatta-Americana, Tamaulipas (70cl) clairin

Derrumbes Mezcal, Funkiana-Univitatta-Americana, Tamaulipas (70cl) clairinOur story with Derrumbes starts in a taxi on our way to Santa Catarina Minas to meet Graciela, but this is not her story. Javier, the lovely man that drives the taxi, is actually not a taxi driver at all, but a maestro mezcalero using his dads old cab for tax reasons. It was really nice of Javier to offer to drive us to a different distillery than his own, just because he is a really good man. Javier produces a mezcal called Los Javis, that is his

Gabel Weissburgunder is a clean and approachable white wine made from Weissburgunder (Pinot Blanc)

the quinine bite of cinchona bark

involving distillation

Bozal Mezcal Tobasiche is a single maguey mezcal made from Tobasiche

With an angel's share of approx

maintaining many of the traditional processes used by their ancestors

or mix it into a margarita with fresh lime juice for a zesty cocktail

Pinot Blanc

About Port Askaig

This is actually not surprising if we know who is the mastermind (Ichiro Akuto)

High West Distillery sits in Park City

or crafting classic cocktails