Lalocura Cuishe
$209.00
Lalocura Cuishe is made by Eduardo “Lalo” Angeles in Santa Catarina Minas. He mashes all of his cooked agave by hand with wooden mallets, and ferments in the open air using only natural yeasts. Santa Catarina Minas is known as one of the best places to find great clay pot distilled mezcal, and Lalo has quickly become renowned in the area. Similar to other producers in this area, the term Cuishe is used to describe an Agave Rhodacantha, which is what most other regions would call an maguey Mexicano.
Lalocura and their philosophy were born out of two guiding principles: the preservation of knowledge and tradition, and the sustainable use of our community’s natural resources.
They produce mezcal with the same materials and methods that my family has used for more than 100 years (Lalo is part of the fourth generation), and they believe continuing this tradition ensures a better future for everyone. They do this by teaching the young people who work at Lalocura all about agave - how to care for, propagate, cultivate, and plant them - and how to make each of their mezcales with an understanding that each batch contains identity, history, and a future as well. Lalo emphasizes the future, because it is never the past that hangs in the balance. Their ability to keep these traditions alive is what will give future generations the chance to know their heritage and who they are as a people. Just knowing that there are already batches of mezcal made by these kids gives Lalo great satisfaction.
NOM: NOM-O602X
Mezcalero: Eduardo "Lalo" Angeles
Maguey: Cuishe
Agave: Rhodacantha
Distillation: Clay Pot
Style: Joven
State: Oaxaca
Town: Santa Catarina Minas
ABV: 47%
Lalocura and their philosophy were born out of two guiding principles: the preservation of knowledge and tradition, and the sustainable use of our community’s natural resources.
They produce mezcal with the same materials and methods that my family has used for more than 100 years (Lalo is part of the fourth generation), and they believe continuing this tradition ensures a better future for everyone. They do this by teaching the young people who work at Lalocura all about agave - how to care for, propagate, cultivate, and plant them - and how to make each of their mezcales with an understanding that each batch contains identity, history, and a future as well. Lalo emphasizes the future, because it is never the past that hangs in the balance. Their ability to keep these traditions alive is what will give future generations the chance to know their heritage and who they are as a people. Just knowing that there are already batches of mezcal made by these kids gives Lalo great satisfaction.
NOM: NOM-O602X
Mezcalero: Eduardo "Lalo" Angeles
Maguey: Cuishe
Agave: Rhodacantha
Distillation: Clay Pot
Style: Joven
State: Oaxaca
Town: Santa Catarina Minas
ABV: 47%
Lalocura Cuishe
$209.00
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