Erstwhile Mezcal Tasting with Mike's Wine and Spirits

6425 Wornall Road,Kansas City MO 64113

01 November, 2022

Description

We will taste from the following Mezcaleros: EPIFANIA GÓMEZ MEJÍA & SILVERIO GARCÍA LUIS Three-generation Mezcal family of Zapotec heritage, based in Rancho Blanco Güilá, Oaxaca. Epifania did not grow up in a Mezcal family, but learned the ropes and became a master distiller of her own right. She was recognized as a Woman in Mezcal by the Mezcal Regulatory Council (CRM) in Mexico in 2020. Silverio’s father, renowned master mezcalero Lorenzo Antonio García, was recognized as a Cultural Treasure of Mezcal by the CRM in 2016–a rare honor reserved for the few masters who have preserved the virtuosity of artisanal mezcal production for at least 60 years. Espadin Artisnal 750ml *Tepeztate (2021 Ancestral Limited Edition) 750ml *Madre-Cuixe (2021 Ancestral Limited Edition) 750ml *The Family Secret – A legacy of the era when Mezcal production was illegal in Oaxaca, these two Erstwhile 2021 Ancestral Limited Releases rescue a García family tradition that had been forgotten for about fifty years. Distilled in clay pots with the distillation tube made from quiote (flowing stalk of agave plants) instead of metal. In the 1960’s and 1970’s, Don Lencho-Silverio’s father, would use a hollowed out quiote instead of copper tube, to evade the military that would come and seize his distillation equipment for force. JUAN ABEL QUIROZ AGUSTÍN Born and raised in Santa María Sola where he still resides, Abel saved for years before achieving the dream of building his own Palenque next to his house. He has proudly run his own Palenque since around 2009. Santa María Sola is a municipality in the district of Sola de Vega, in the Sierra Sur region of Oaxaca. Following the tradition of Sola de Vega, Abel distills exclusively with clay pots and makes some of the most unforgettable ancestral mezcal expressions in Mexico. Espadin (2021 Ancestral Limited Edition) 375ml Tobala (2021 Ancestral Limited Edition) 375ml Espadin-Arroqueño Ensemble (2021 Ancestral Limited Edition) 375ml LUCAS GARCÍA FAMILY Nine-generation Mezcal family from San Isidro Guishe in the southern highlands of Oaxaca. Of all Erstwhile partner producers, the Lucas García family is perhaps the most focused on legacy: looking beyond the present day, focusing on sustainability, and passing on the family’s collective knowledge and traditions to future generations. José and Clara are the patriarch and matriarch. Their sons Mario and Chano head the family distillery. Grandson Diego, the 9th generation, joined the family business after graduating from college. Cucharillo (2021 Limited Edition Sotol) 750ml Wild Sotol plants harvested in Oxaca’s southern highland, from the Lucas García family’s own estate in San Isidro Guishe. Cucharillo is the local name for the Sotol plant in this part of Oaxaca.