Peloton de la Muerte Espadin Mezcal

•

750ml

•

41% ABV

$35.99

Earn

points

can ship
change state

secure
payment

safely delivered
250k packages

BrandPelotón de la Muerte
CategoryMezcal
CountryMexico
RegionOaxaca
DistilleryPelotón de la Muerte
AgeNAS
Style Mezcal
Alcohol 41%

California residents: Click here for Proposition 65 Warning.

This 100% Maguey Espadin Joven Mezcal is as authentic as you can get with an earthy, vegetative profile.

Peloton de la Muerte is another Mezcal-icious brainchild of Danny Mena. He started a single boutique bar in 2005 — the only establishment focused exclusively on artisanal Mezcal in Mexico City. In 2007 they opened a similar bar in New York called "Hecho en Dumbo." From there it was a small step to acquiring and independently bottling the Mexican Spirits they love. Pelotón de la Meurte is a sub-brand of his Mezcals de Leyenda artisanal Mezcals — bringing his total to nine rare, small batch Spirits.

Peloton de la Muerte are focused on the Spirit of Mezcal. So when they do a release, they provide a lot of information — which, as Spirits nerds, we can’t get enough of. For Peloton de la Muerte Espadin Mezcal, the 100% Maguey Espadin agave is slow roasted for five days in a conical pit lined with lava rock. The roasted piñas are crushed with a stone tahona before naturally fermenting in the open air for four days. It is double distilled in small-batch (two-hundred liter) copper pots. The entire process takes place in an artisanal distillery in Tlacolula, Oaxaca. This Joven Mezcal is bottled at 41% ABV.

Smartass Corner:
In Spanish the word "Pelotón" means "platoon" or "squad." So, "Pelotón de la Muerte" means "Death Squad" and refers to an ad-hoc army assembled to avenge the brutal execution of a local priest and the desecration of his remains.

Appearance / Color
Clear

Nose / Aroma / Smell
The aroma has a dash of lime zest at first, blooming into earthy notes of summer grass and smoke.

Flavor / Taste / Palate
The palate leans into the smoky, lightly spiced tone with a tart notes of kiwi, black peppercorns, and anise.

Finish
The finish is medium-length and a bit dry with a hint of smoke lingering in the throat.

This product is available in:

Note: Once an order has been safely & successfully delivered, we do not accept returns due to change of heart or taste. Due to state regulations, we cannot accept the return of alcohol purchased by a customer in error.

This is a very good mezcal for...

This is a very good mezcal for the price. To the nose, it smells like agave, and to me I could smell almost a forest smell. The information says it should smell like grass, but to me it was more like an evergreen forest.

On the mouth, there's definitely the agave flavor that you get with tequila, but there's also a moderate smoke to it. There's also a very distinct citrus flavor to it, which will pair nicely with cocktails with lime. I know this may sound crazy, but I also tasted what I imagine juniper bushes would taste like. After spending my entire childhood hunting and hiking in Utah mountains, I know the smell very well. This mezcal tasted like the smell. I definitely plan on buying this again!

I should give a disclaimer that I've never had mezcal straight before, so I don't know if there are any tricks to drinking it like adding a few drops of water to a fine Scotch.