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$79.99
44% ABV.
Producer Description
"La Venenosa Tabernas Raicilla is an ancestral agave spirit crafted from the Chico Aguillar and Lechuguilla varieties. It offers aromas of orange peel, oregano and green apple, with notes of cinnamon and resinous spices on the palate, giving way to a subtle hint of lemongrass. Each bottling in the La Venenosa range is sourced from a single small-scale distillery, or taberna, in Jalisco, Mexico. While the state is known for its tequila production, Raicilla has been made in Jalisco for 500 years using a diverse array of agave varieties and distillation techniques."
750 ml
$184.99
Raicilla is is a distilled Agave spirit similar to Tequila and Mezcal. This bottling from Mezonte is a Raicilla made using the Amarillo Agave plant. It was produced by Hildegardo "Japo" Joya in Cabo Corrientes, Jalisco. Japo was at least 87 years old when this Raicilla was distilled in 2020. 46.5%.
Mezonte is a non-profit organization built to support traditional agave spirit production in Mexico. The organization works to ensure that the people that produce the spirit get a more substantial share of what is made from each bottle. Menzonte's goal is to work with the producers, helping them invest in the agriculture and technology needed to make future production sustainable.
From The Menzonte Website
"Hildegardo Joya, better known as “Japo” is one of the oldest producers in the west of Jalisco. He is possibly one of the last producers of his generation that continues to work and make the most traditional raicilla in all of Cabo Corrientes.
Japo grows only 3 types of maguey in his mezcalera: Cenizo, Verde, and the most commonly used: Amarillo. These can take from 8 to 35 years to mature.
At 87 years old, he continues to go to the countryside with his machete and clean his land. An eternally jovial man who knows how to have fun without leaving aside the commitment to plant agaves each year even if he knows that he is not going to harvest them. "
$104.99
Bonete Raicilla Costa is made from two Agave strains: maguey Chico Aguillar, and maguey Amarillo. The harvested agave is cooked in an underground oven, it is then fermented in open-air tanks allowing wild yeast to take hold. After this, it is double distilled in wooden stills made from the Oyamel tree and the trunk of the Bonete tree, which is native to the Jalisco Coast by master distiller Joaquin Solis.
$70.99
The Tabernas range of Raicilla from La Venenosa are small batch blends of stock from multiple distillers / Raicilerros. This aged/reposado version comes from Benito and Jose Salcedo Rios is bottled at 45.5%. It spent 3 months in an ex-Oloroso Casks. It was bottled in May of 2022 from Lot RT3-4 with a total of 1150 bottles filled.
