NETA Espadín + Jabalín

About this destilado de agave

NETA Espadín + Jabalín from Ramón and Wilfredo García was initially a summer 2020 release. According to NETA:

Brothers Ramón and Wilfredo García teamed up with their cousin and neighbor, Hugo, to make these 200 liters of ensamble in January 2019. Selecting only ripe, quiotudo maguey, the three palenqueros co-roasted and for seven days, co-fermented nearly equal parts of home grown Espadín harvested from a fertile red soil parcel with wild Jabalín from black earthen family lands from a neighboring community. The most traditional recipes in the region typically involve a mixing of different types of maguey, with “single-agave” productions generally being more recent innovations. That said, the inclusion of the 18 piñas of Espadín were intended to increase the yield, but most importantly, to temper the excessive foaming of the Jabalín that occurs during both the fermentation and distillation. With the addition of 35 piñas of Jabalín, the freshly harvested magueyes rested for five days before roasting for another five-day stretch with local mesquite wood. After letting the cooked piñas sit and cool for three days, the maguey was chopped with a machete and shredded. Filling three sabino fermentation tanks, the dry fibers required 48 hours before deemed ready for distillation. The three palenqueros decided to make their final cut a little higher than they had in the past, and split the hearts and the tails at around 40% Alc. by Vol. A careful blend was created until the three were satisfied with the perlas and the lasting bubbly presence of a cordón cerrado.

NETA

NETA is a colloquial word in Mexico that translates to “the real deal” or “the truth”. Since 2012, the brand has worked closely with several small, family producers and a cooperative of twelve palenqueros from the southern valleys and hills of Miahuatlán, Oaxaca. The region has preserved its reputation for producing some of the finest mezcales and agave spirits anywhere in Mexico. The team behind NETA presents a carefully curated selection of extraordinary spirits that would otherwise never be found outside of its place of origin.

A note about NETA labels: The total bottle count written on the front label might be less than the total batch size. Batches may be split between Mexico, Europe, and the US; the handwritten bottle count represents the number of bottles imported into a particular country.

Learn more about NETA:

• NETA – Spirit Distilled from Agave on the K&L Wines Spirits Journal blog
• NETA is finally here on Mezcalistas