Ojo De Dios Joven Mezcal 70cl | Award Winning Spirit | Handcrafted from Agave l Sustainably Farmed | Perfect for Cocktails and Sipping

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What I knew is I wanted a product at 42% ABV because mezcal can be actually, you’ll find some mezcals in the market at 45, 48, 49, 50% ABV. I wanted a 42% because 40 will be too weak. I have tried mezcals at 40%, and I think you lose the complexity or 38 you lose complexity. Mine is smoky, but not too smoky, sweet, but not too sweet. easy to drink. You’re drinking it. You tell me how you feel it.

Eduardo: Obviously the main brands, Don Julio, Cuervo 1900, Herradura, Siete Leguas, those brands that they’ve been in Mexico for many years. They are very popular, and they were always very popular. I mean, my dad’s favorite was Centenario from Casa Cordova. Whereas I remember one of my uncles, he loved his Don Julio Reposado. This was before Bacardi Brown-Forman bought Herradura and before Diageo bought Don Julio. We’re talking about when those brands were still Mexican owned, and family owned.

A TRIO OF MODERN MEZCALS BORN FROM THE FLAIR, PASSION AND TRADITION OF MEXICO

So, I had the opportunity to meet a lot of producers, a lot of companies. My mezcal is from Oaxaca, just because Oaxaca right now is the state where it’s more developed in terms of making the mezcal. The CRM, Consejo Regulador del Mezcal, is based in Oaxaca. Mexico is huge. When you produce from in the North in Durango, which is delicious, and I’m sure I want to have, at some point, a mezcal that comes from Durango in the North, it’s really difficult to have the certificates and to have someone to taste. and Salmiana actually is the agave that we used to make pulque. It’s a massive, massive, agave plant with leaves the size of your screen. It’s popularly called verde or green because the notes, when you drink or smell it, are like fresh jalapenos, spinach, kale, asparagus, you know, super, super green. Susan: I love that the Mexican comes to the UK for the summer. It’s supposed to be the reverse. No? If you want to try sipping mezcal and live in the UK, you can find a large selection at SpiritsKiosk.com and get 10% off using my code: ALushLife10SK. Believe it or not, people don’t know, but to be able to have mezcal on the label and to be certified and to have to have the hologram, each product needs to go through a very strict regulation from laboratory analyses, et cetera, et cetera.

More generally, when comparing the category with Tequila, mezcal has a few advantages, which will serve it well as it continues to grow. Hermoso says: “Price per kilo for agave for mezcal remains far lower than for Tequila, and the fact that mezcal can come from different Mexican states and from different agave species, as opposed to only Blue Weber for Tequila, gives mezcal an edge of flexibility compared with the much larger Tequila category.” There’s cause for optimism embedded in mezcal’s regulations, believes Eduardo Gomez, sales director of Mexican food retailer Mexgrocer, and founder of Ojo de Dios mezcal. “There will definitely be more industrialisation in the process as a consequence of demand, but the good news is that if mezcal is artisanal or ancestral by DO [denomination of origin], producers must follow the process in the regulations that have been established by the NOM [official Mexican standard],” he says.Mezcal should always be served at room temperature to appreciate the nuanced aromatics, and in small sips ( not slammed). A little water in between sips helps to cleanse the palate (and, you know, may heed any headaches the next morning... though don’t take our word for it). How we test mezcal