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El Buho Mexicano Mezcal

  • Distiller

    Jimenez Mendez Family

  • Bottler

    El Buho

  • ABV

    47%

  • Age

    NAS

  • Price $100 to $199.99

El Buho Mexicano Mezcal is produced in San Carlos Yautepec, Oaxaca, using Mexicano agave, which matures in 10-12 years. The agave is cooked for seven days in a stone oven, mashed with a horse-drawn tahona and fermented for 8-9 days in pine vats with wild yeast. The mezcal undergoes two distillations in copper stills and is produced by Maestro Mezcalero Octavio Jimenez Monterroza,

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  • Raided Score: 95
  • Drinkhacker
  • By Christopher Null
  • This is a brilliant sipping mezcal and priced accordingly, but I can’t help wonder how great it would taste in a margarita. When my glass was empty, I was sad I didn’t have more to find out.
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