Don Amado Mezcal Rustico SPBURGUNDY and naturally fermented in pine

and naturally fermented in pine wood tanks

and he brings the same discipline to the vines — organic farming

making it a stellar introduction to low-intervention wines without being intimidatingly funky

mineral-driven take on a grape that is usually written off as background noise

Don Amado Mezcal Rustico SPBURGUNDY and naturally fermented in pineSanta Catarina Minas is the Oaxacan village known for distilling mezcal in clay pots instead of copper, and this is the bottling that put that style on most American back bars. The Arellanes family has been distilling here for generations: mature highland espadn is roasted about four days in wood fired earthen pits over guamchil and mesquite, fermented with wild yeast, then twice distilled in small ceramic stills fitted with bamboo tubes. Clay yields