La Venenosa Valenciana

This agave is a very rare species that only exists in a small canyon in the municipality of Mascota, Jalisco. It has the widest leaves of all the agave species: a truly imposing plant. Its reproduction is exclusively sexual and takes approximately 15 years to mature, making its distribution very limited. The Raicilla Denomination of Origin (DO) has included it in its catalog of authorized agaves, which could put the species in danger of extinction. For this reason, 100% of the value of the distillate in this bottle will be donated to the reproduction of this beautiful maguey by both Casa Endemica and Fidencio Spirits. 

132 BOTTLES IN USA

Mexican Owned, Family Owned, Good Cause, Small Batch, Limited Release

TABERNERO Benito Salcedo

AGAVE A. Valenciana (Maguey Realicero)

ELEVATION 3400'

SOIL Rich, high nitrogen content

CLIMATE Temperate

VILLAGE El Mosco, Sierra Occidental de Jalisco

OVEN/FUEL Adobe and volcanic rock / black oak, 3 days

MILL Hand chopped with machete before passing through small shredder

FERMENT Tinaco, wild yeast, 6 days

DISTILLATION 2X homemade stainless steel and copper

NOTES 

Aroma – Floral with intense tangerine citrus

Taste – Bright pepper spice, rose petal

Texture – Medium to full, oily with lingering spice 

ABV 45.5 BATCH PROOF