Neta, Mezcal Madrecuixe Capon Hermongenes, NV 030825NewWines marcona almonds

marcona almonds

providing a sophisticated take on the classic Irish cream experience

fun yet made in a serious manner

finely grained frame

and copper pot distillation

Neta, Mezcal Madrecuixe Capon Hermongenes, NV 030825NewWines marcona almondsMadrecuixe barely looks like an agave: instead of the fat pineapple most people picture, it grows a long, narrow trunk more like a fence post, and it takes its sweet time getting there. Hermogenes, a palenquero working outside Miahuatlan in Oaxaca, pushed it a step further with a capon harvest, meaning the flower stalk was cut before it could bloom so the plant sent its sugars back down into the pina. What comes out is one of mezcal's most distinctive