Espina Negra Tobala Mezcal

Espina Negra Tobalá is a joven, unaged artisanal mezcal distilled from 100% wild Tobalá maguey (Agave potatorum) by the Cruz Molina family in Santa Ana del Río, Oaxaca, a village of about 500 people roughly 80 km from Oaxaca City where most residents work with agave and mezcal. The family has worked these fields for more than four generations; mezcalero Roque Cruz Molina named the brand “Black Thorn” after stepping on an agave spine as a boy. Tobalá plants are very small and take 10 to 12 years to reach maturity, and are harvested from the wild. The piñas are cooked in a traditional earthen pit oven, crushed by tahona and double distilled in copper, then bottled at 45% ABV in a 750ml bottle.

Serve: Neat at room temperature in a copita or small glass, sipped slowly.