Animas Mezcal Joven Espadin SO20231114 This is Grand Cru Burgundy

This is Grand Cru Burgundy in its purest form—1

It's still the house's flagship

" is renowned for its commitment to terroir and balance

has complex aromas of fig and apricot with a rare hint of banana

and luminous—lighter siliceous soils produce a wine of extraordinary elegance

Animas Mezcal Joven Espadin SO20231114 This is Grand Cru BurgundyEverything here is done the old way, which is another way of saying the hard way. Animas comes from the village of San Juan del Rio in Oaxaca, sitting around 6,300 feet, where maestro mezcalero Humberto Juan works with espadin agave grown by his brother Rodolfo and left to mature about eight years. The pinas are roasted in an underground pit oven, crushed under a stone tahona, fermented in open wooden vats with native yeast, and distilled twice in