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Pouring Corte Vetusto Mezcal Ancestral into a drinking vessel.

The Exceptionally Rare Collection

MEZCAL ANCESTRAL

Encompassing our range of Ancestral Mezcals, which are hand selected from our single village Palenque and chosen for their uniqueness, rarity and complexity. 

Select micro-batch yields (less than 200L per release), are hand mashed, naturally fermented, and clay pot distilled to proof, yielding the ultimate luxury expression of the agave and terroir.

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Ancestral Single Agave $299.00
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Ancestral Ensamble (Sierra Negra & Espadin) $299.00
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Ancestral Ensamble (Coyote & Espadin) $299.00
Close up of an agave plant.

ANCESTRAL PROCESS
Fire pit with stones and small flames surrounded by agave

Agave cooked in a conical earthpit for 5 days with all agave coming from our Maestro's ancestral land.

Tending to an earthpit oven cooking agave

Cooked agave are crushed exclusively by hand with wooden mallets inside a wooden canoa (hollowed out tree trunk).

Milled agave fermenting in a wooden vat.

Fermentation is naturally performed in wooden vats with agave fiber and lasts 7 – 10 days.

Two copper mezcal stills against a stone wall

Ancestral mezcal is incredibly rare and makes up less than 0.3% of all Mezcal production.

Our Exceptionally Rare releases are select micro-batch Mezcals with less than 150L coming exclusively off our lands.