NETA Espadín + Tepextate Agave Spirit (750ml / 48%)

NETA Espadín + Tepextate Agave Spirit is batch ENSGLA2203, a 48% ABV ensamble made by Gilberto Aquino García in Logoche, Miahuatlán. NETA identifies this Australian release as a March 2022 production, with 240 bottles allocated through Mextrade. The batch combines equal parts cultivated Espadín from San Luis Amatlán and wild Tepextate from San Andrés Paxtlán. Gilberto used 64 fully ripe Espadín piñas and 120 wild Tepextate piñas—about 4,500kg of agave in total. PRODUCTION DETAILS AGAVE: 50% Espadín and 50% Tepextate PRODUCER: Gilberto Aquino García PRODUCTION REGION: Logoche, Miahuatlán, Oaxaca AGAVE PROVENANCE: San Luis Amatlán and San Andrés Paxtlán HARVEST REST: Six weeks COOKING: 15 days in a conical earthen oven with mesquite POST-ROAST REST: Three days MACERATION: Machete and mechanical shredder FERMENTATION: Native yeasts; 24 hours dry and eight days wet in six 1,200L Montezuma cypress vats DISTILLATION: Twice in copper pot stills FINAL COMPOSITION: Heads, hearts and high-proof tails AUSTRALIAN RELEASE: 240 bottles Serve neat in a copita and allow the spirit time to open in the glass.