Codigo Ancestral Mezcal (750Ml)

Código 1530 began as a private recipe kept by a few families in Amatitán, a tequila town in Jalisco. Skilled jimadors, the people who harvest agave, helped pass it down. Today the brand sells its tequilas around the world. It makes them without added sugar, flavors or colors.

Código Ancestral is the brand's step into mezcal, and it follows the oldest rules. The agave is 100% papalome, grown around San Juan del Río in Oaxaca. Workers cook the hearts in earthen ovens. They crush them by hand with wooden mallets, with no machines at all. The juice ferments with wild yeast in leather vats. Then it runs through small clay pot stills and is bottled at 43.1%.

Your first sniff is sweet and earthy, with honey and tobacco. On the palate, you will find vanilla and ripe cantaloupe. A salty, clay-like note runs underneath. The finish is bright and mineral, with a dry touch of hazelnut.

This is a mezcal to sip slowly from a small glass. It also makes a lovely Mezcal Margarita or Oaxaca Sour. If you like your agave spirits earthy and hand-made, you will enjoy it.