Animas Mezcal Joven Espadin LD25SALE The nose shows beautifully ripe

The nose shows beautifully ripe peach and apricot notes

then two years in sherry casks—a dual-maturation approach unusual for grappa

this bottling in particular is defined by an herbaceous and piney character with a distinct gentian note

concocting one of the Distillery’s most fantastical whiskies yet

Animas Mezcal Joven Espadin LD25SALE The nose shows beautifully ripeEverything 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