Sommeliers Choice Awards 2024 Winners
DESTILERIA LOS DANZANTES
Category: Distillery
Country: Mexico
Date:10/02/2016
MEZCAL PRODUCERS WITH TWO DIFFERENT BRANDS ON DIFFERENT PROJECTS: THE BRAND LOS DANZANTES MADE IN OUR OWN DISTILLERY IN OAXACA WITH HIGH QUALITY PRODUCTS WITH A HANDCRAFT PROCESS, LIKE MEZCAL JOVEN (MAINLY FROM ESPADÍN, DIFFERENT AGAVES ONLY FOR SPECIAL EDITIONS), REPOSADO, AÑEJO AND PECHUGA. AND THE BRAND ALIPUS WHICH IS A SOCIAL IMPACT PROJECT TO PROMOTE TRADITIONAL PRODUCERS OF OAXACA MAKING EXCELLENT QUALITY, TAKING CARE OF THEIR HISTORICAL VALUES LIKE THE HANDCRAFT PROCESS AND KNOWLEDGE. ON ALIPUS WE CARE AND PROMOTE THE PEOPLE AND THE TERROIR (FRENCH CONCEPT FOR WINE), EVEN TAKING CARE OF WILD PLANTS WITH PRESERVATION PROJECTS. WE WORK WITH 8 DIFFERENT PRODUCERS WHO OFFERS US 8 DIFFERENT PRODUCTS IN ALIPÚS, 5 OF THEN MAINLY WITH THE AGAVE ESPADIN DISTILLING IN COPPER STILLS, AND THREE OF THEM DISTILLING A BLEND OF ESPADIN AND ARROQUEÑO IN CLAY POT STILLS.