Sotol (Marcelo Flores), 'Durango', Lamata

• Sotol produced in El Mezquital, Durango, Mexico • Maestro Mezcalero Marcelo Flores • 100% Sotol (Dasylirion sp) • Cooked using a traditional earthen pit oven  • Milled by hand using a small axe  • Fermented in pine wood-lined stone vats using spring water • Distilled twice in a Filipino-style hybrid still of copper, wood, and agave quiote • Fibrous and bold with barnyard aromatics of hay, wildflowers, and charred vegetables, followed by sweet depths of cacao, burnt sugar, smoked tea, and plum sauce • 50 liters produced in January 2023 • 48.5% ABV (ABV may vary batch to batch)