Mal Bien Madrecuixe – Cortes is made with maguey Madrecuixe by the father and son duo of Felipe and Ageo Cortes.
About this destilado de agave
Mal Bien Madrecuixe – Cortes is made with maguey Madrecuixe that are cooked in an underground oven for 8-10 days with the following types of wood: Encino, Yegareche, Mesquite, and Palo de Aguila. The agave are milled immediately after the cook by ox drawn tahona. The milled agave are fermented in open air tinas for 3-8 days and then double distilled in a copper refrescadera still.
Felipe and his son Ageo are the 3rd and 4th generations of the Cortes family to produce mezcal in the Miahuatlán District of Oaxaca, an area famous for its abundance and diversity of A. karwinskii sub-species (madrecuixe, tobaxiche, etc.). The community of Mengoli de Morelos where they live and work has a population of just under 200 people. They are related to the neighboring Ramos family via Felipe’s wife (Ageo’s mother), Cesilia, whose sister Cleotilde is married to Victor Ramos.
Mal Bien Mezcal
Since 2016, the Mal Bien team has been traveling Mexico, driving off the map and into mountains filled with treacherous roads, police officers of questionable moral character, feral dogs, indigenous languages, narcos, ancient relics, machete wielding protestors, insect based meals, mudslides, blockades, corrupt politicians, and many of the world's kindest, funniest, most brilliant people. In addition to some hard to believe stories, they've connected with a wide variety of traditional producers, whose mezcal is now bottled and exported under the Mal Bien name.
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Rakhal
239 reviews0415FC. This has been sitting in glass for five years and you can tell. So clean and perfectly balanced. Jonny really nailed the tasting notes on this one. Tons of flowers, perfectly ripe papaya, vanilla frosting. This is just beautiful.
Jonny
471 reviewsFloral and mineral aromas. The palate is light, fruity, and flowery. Notes of sweet papaya, mango, flower pollen, and orange cream. Very mellow and well settled.