Tasting Notes
"Crafted from massive agave, harvested at over 25 years of age, Tepeztate grows at high elevation and loves to struggle. It is not uncommon to look up when driving through the Oaxacan mountains to find a huge Tepeztate jutting directly out of a mountain face, or upside down on a boulder. Known in Zapotec as Du Cual, a reference to the twisted shape of its leaves, this powerfully aromatic agave delivers bright, green and floral mezcal which belies its long age and low sugar concentration."

The Mezcal
Traditional mezcal forms an important part of rituals, ceremonies and festivitiesknown as jolgoriosin the rural and indigenous Zapotec villages of Oaxaca, Mexico.

Created by the Corts family, El Jolgorio is widely acknowledged as one of the finest collections of agave spirits available. The ever-changing lineup of mezcales represent the most rare expressions the family bottles: wild, semi-wild and cultivated agaves, rare pechuga distillations, and small batches rested in glass for three, six, or as much as eighteen years before release.

From batch to batch, an individual variety of agave will generally be sourced from different mezcaleros, in different regions, reducing the pressure put upon any one communitys agave population and spreading the financial benefits among families all over Oaxaca but the unmatched quality of El Jolgorio mezcales remains the same.

The Estate
Traditional mezcal forms an important part of rituals, ceremonies and festivitiesknown as jolgoriosin the rural and indigenous Zapotec villages of Oaxaca, Mexico.

Created by the Corts family, considered by many to be mezcal royalty, El Jolgorio is widely acknowledged as one of the finest collections of agave spirits available. The ever-changing lineup of mezcales represent the most rare expressions the family bottles: wild, semi-wild and cultivated agaves, rare pechuga distillations, and small batches rested in glass for three, six, or as much as eighteen years before release.
All the mezcales are traditionally cooked in earthen ovens, milled and finally open-air fermented in wooden vats (tinas) before distillation using traditional copper pot stills. On every bottle is inscribed the species of agave, the year & age of harvest, the village of production, the name of the Maestro Mezcalero, the batch number and number of bottles produced, as to truly connect the drinker with the land, people, and plants at the heart and soul of this mezcal.

All around the mountains and valleys of Oaxaca, Rolando Corts and his family collaborate with like-minded maestro mezcaleros who approach their work with a shared philosophy of respect for land and tradition. From batch to batch, an individual variety of agave will generally be sourced from different mezcaleros, in different regions, reducing the pressure put upon any one communitys agave population and spreading the financial benefits among families all over Oaxaca but the unmatched quality of El Jolgorio mezcales remains the same.
From the novice enthusiast to the most committed agave obsessive, El Jolgorio is an icon of integrity and a beacon of quality: the gold standard in traditional mezcal. Salud y Dixeebe!

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