Lalocura San Martinero
$167.00
Lalocura San Martinero is made with a Karwinskii agave that is locally referred to as San Martinero. The agave is a larger, thicker sub-species of Karwinskii that can also be called Barril in other communities. A similar Karwinskii is also called Sanmartin in Ejutla, which is not terribly far from Santa Catarina Minas, where Lalocura is made. Maestro mezcalero Eduardo Angeles cooks his agave with Encino wood. He mashes the cooked agave by hand with wooden mallets, ferments the agave in open-air cypress vats for twelve days, and double distills this mezcal in small clay pots.
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: Sanmartin
Agave: Karwinskii
Distillation: Clay Pot
Style: Joven
State: Oaxaca
Town: Santa Catarina Minas
ABV: 49%
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: Sanmartin
Agave: Karwinskii
Distillation: Clay Pot
Style: Joven
State: Oaxaca
Town: Santa Catarina Minas
ABV: 49%
Lalocura San Martinero
$167.00
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