Swell de Spirits X Los Convidados, Agave Spirits from Chacolo, Batch 01/23, Agave 100% Lineno over 9 years old Cooked in Earthen Pit, Juice Extraction by hand with wooden mallets, Fermentation with Wild Yeast for 25 Days In Wooden Tanks with Agave Fibers, Double Distillation in a Fire-Heated Wooden Filipino Still November 2023, Still Strength, 45,3% ABV, only 836 bottles, 500ml
« Hold the handrail along the dank brick walls as you go down to the cellar to collect a selection of root vegetables for a warming seasonal soup, the peppery parsnips, swedes and sweet potatoes sitting on a bed of hay »
Colour: Clear
Nose: Funky with warm hay, graphite powder, peppermint, liquorice, orange and cinnamon cake, raspberry buns, melon, molasses, sugared mice, sugared almonds and paper bags, plus potatoes, sweet potatoes and mineral notes.
Palate: So smooth and creamy with warm honey notes, warm hay, glacé cherries and melon, cinnamon hot chocolate with whipped cream, icing sugar, seasoned sweet potato pie, parsnips, sage, lime thyme, coastal bricks and mineral notes.
Finish: Sweet potato and hay giving way to lemon and cinnamon buns and lingering root vegetable and mineral notes.
Conclusion: A wonderfully balanced and funky Mezcal with vegetal and mineral notes.