Santiago Matatlán · Oaxaca · Est. three generations
The best mezcal
from Oaxaca.
Single-source, family-made, and unhurried. From the wild agave of the high sierra to the copper still, every drop is shaped by hand in the world capital of mezcal.
Four agaves,
one family's hand.
Each expression is a single agave, distilled on its own. Choose one to read its origin, its years to maturity, and what it leaves on the palate.
12 - 15 years to maturity
Tobalá
Agave potatorum
The small, wild agave that grows only at altitude, scattered among the rocks. It is gathered by hand, never farmed, and yields little. What it gives back is delicate and floral, with smoke that reads more like cool stone than fire.
Tasting notes
- 01Wild herbs
- 02White flowers
- 03Mineral smoke
- Agave
- Wild
- Strength
- 47% ABV
- Origin
- High sierra, Santiago Matatlán
Three generations. No machines.
The same family has tended these fields in Santiago Matatlán for three generations. Everything is done the slow way, by hand, the way it was taught. We don't rush what the agave spent decades making.
The grandfather
Learned the fields and the fire, and set the standard the house still keeps: single agave, single source, no shortcuts.
The parents
Kept the palenque alive through lean years and carried the recipes forward, agave by agave.
Today
Still in the same village, still by hand, now sharing the four expressions beyond Oaxaca for the first time.
The earthen pit
Halved agave hearts are roasted for days in a conical pit lined with volcanic rock and mesquite embers. This is where the smoke is born - low, earthy, never harsh.
The tahona
The roasted agave is crushed under a great stone wheel, the tahona, turned slowly around the pit. Fiber and juice together go on to ferment in open wooden vats with wild yeast and time.
The copper still
Twice through small copper pot stills, watched by hand and cut by taste alone. No column, no automation - only the maestro deciding when the spirit is right.
Recognized far from home.
Platinum, 96 of 100 - among the highest marks awarded to any mezcal at the competition.
Las Vegas Global Spirit Awards
Double Gold for an artisanal, single-village mezcal still made entirely by hand.
San Francisco World Spirits Competition
Best in Show - the night's top honor across every category.
L.A. Spirits Awards
A family-run palenque proving that patience, not scale, is what makes great mezcal.
Forbes
La Lista Privada
The rarest bottles
never reach the shelf.
Tepeztate takes twenty-five years and yields almost nothing. When a small batch is ready, the list hears first. Add your name.