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.
Production Notes
Please note: Every care has been taken to ensure our production notes are as acurate as possible. Where you detect any issues, please let us know and we'll fix them right up.- Master Distiller: Gilberto Aquino García
- Maguey: Espadin,Tepeztate
- Agave Region: San Luis Amatlán & San Andrés Paxtlán, Miahuatlán
- Town/ Village: Logoche
- State: Oaxaca
- Classification: Agave Distillate
- Vintage: 2022
- Expression: Ensamble
- Cooking method: Conical Earthen Pit
- Fermentation: Wooden Fermentation Tubs,Wild Yeast,With Fibers
- Still type: Copper Pot
- Distillation: Double
- ABV: 48.0 %
- Website: https://netaspirits.com/australia/2022/10/17/espadn-tepextate-march-2022-gilberto-aquino-garca-ensgla2203-summer-2022-release-240-bottles