Sotol Parejo Juan Fernandez Wild Wheeleri

MAESTRO VINATERO – Juan Fernández, 4th generation

RAW MATERIAL – 100% wild Dasylirion Wheeleri (the sotol plant)

VIÑATA – Madera, Chihuahua, MX

PLANT SOURCE – Las Escobas, Chihuahua, MX

SOURCE CLIMATE – Coniferous forests, humid summers but cold & dry winters, elevation 5,000’ to 7,000’

PLANT MATURITY – Madurado en verde 15 years

ROAST – 3 days in an underground conical horno with pine wood, covered with volcanic stone

CRUSH – Mechanical

WILD FERMENTATION – 7 days in stainless steel & tomba

DISTILLATION – Stainless steel alembic, first with pine wood & then with gas

ADJUSTMENT METHOD – With well water until it is parejo

TASTING NOTES –
AROMA – Ripe tropical fruit, pencil shavings, floral
TASTE – Baked ham, creamed corn, lemon
TEXTURE – Tingly, lactic, energetic