DEL MAGUEY MEZCAL IBERICO 98

Del Maguey (pronounced ma-gay), Single Village Mezcal was founded in 1995 by internationally renowned artist and mezcal visionary, Ron Cooper. Ron introduced the world to previously unavailable artisanal mezcal produced the original handcrafted way. Through deep cultural relationships with Zapotec Mexican Indian producers in the remote villages of Oaxaca and Puebla, Mexico, Del Maguey harnesses ancient, original organic processes. Combining these methods with varying micro-climates and terroir gives each creation its own unique, rich, sweet and smoky character. Every product in our collection is made by individual family palenqueros (producers) in old-style villages. We are the first producer to credit each product after the village where our liquid is made. When you see our beautiful green bottles you know it’s Del Maguey.

Tasting Notes:
Ron Cooper, Del Maguey Single Village Mezcal’s founder, and Chef Jose Andres, and his team at ThinkFoodGroup, worked collaboratively to create Del Maguey Iberico, a unique mezcal made with Ib rico de Bellota ham, the legendary ham made of free-range, acorn-fed, black-footed Iberico pigs from Spain. This expression of Del Maguey has a spicy floral nose of carnation, tropical aromatics of gardenia and jasmine, ripe pear, dark fig, notes of wet green hay and forest floor. It enters the mouth like a caramel, and is round, soft and gentle, full bodied, with a big middle palate.