Neta 70cl - Tobalá 2022 - Candido García Cruz

For generations, the tobalá that grows in the valley and forests of Miahuatlán has been used as a source of food, drink, and medicine. With the introduction of distillation in the colonial period, tobalá has become increasingly revered for its flavour profile and medicinal properties. While tobalá has commonly been classified as Agave potatorum or Agave seemanniana, studies from the last decade have confirmed that these plants are more than often hybrids between the two species, resulting in nearly infinite morphological expressions; this phenomenon is known as a species complex.

Don Cándido and family worked this small batch of Tobalá using plants provided by magueyeros from the village of San Lorenzo Mixtepec, Miahuatlán, located further east of Logoche, and snuggled in the foothills of the Sierra Madre del Sur. While production season is generally limited to the hot and dry Spring months, there exists a belief that the full moon of January provides for a decent yield. That may not have necessarily been the case in this instance, but the family finessed a remarkably delicious 100 litres from nearly 2,800kg of agave. 

Aroma: berries, orange, honey, rose, fruity, juicy

Palate: grilled fruit, jammy, subtle lactic character, light smoke, mineral finish, fruit dominated, complex

ABV: 45%