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Pal’alma Sonora – Lechuguilla

Pal’alma Sonora – Lechuguilla is made with Agave bovicornuta by maestro mezcalero Fidel Lagarda Burgos in Milpillas, Sonora.

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Category:Destilado de Agave
Brand:Pal'alma
Mezcalero:Fidel Lagarda Burgos
Agave:Bovicornuta
Fermentation:Rawhide
Milling:Hand
Style:Joven
State:Sonora
Town:Milpillas
ABV: 45-50%
Batch size: Lot 4: 56 bottles
Website: https://www.facebook.com/Mezcalito-Palalma-865025870235262/, opens in new window

About this destilado de agave

Pal’alma Sonora – Lechuguilla is made with Agave bovicornuta by maestro mezcalero Fidel Lagarda Burgos in Milpillas, Sonora. The agave is cooked in an underground pit oven, milled by hand with mallets, fermented in rawhides, and distilled in a converted truck radiator.

Pal'alma

Pal’alma (or Mezcalito Pal’alma) is curated by Erick Rodriguez. Erick also bottles under the brand Almamezcalera. Known by many as the Indiana Jones of Mezcal, Erick Rodriguez works with agave spirits producers from the 20+ states of Mexico. Anywhere he finds agave fields and a freshwater stream, there’s a good chance that someone is making mezcal nearby. He has a private tasting room in Mexico City, which we visited in 2017, and wrote about in our post Almamezcalera & Mezcalito Pal’alma.

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mt_rainyer

mt_rainyer

43 reviews
Rated 5 out of 5 stars1 year ago

Lot 3 | Bottle 13/44
On the nose you get a whiff of warm campfire (not the smoke smell, but the wood smell if that makes sense?), saline, old library books, a bit of lactic cheesiness.

Taste wise the initial palette has that earthy, campfire taste mixed with parmesian cheese rind and salt that was on the nose moving through to the umami of wet porcinis before opening up into a sweetness and cheesy flavor that was not found on the nose. The finish lasts for a long time and has just a hint of sugary fruit flavors like cantaloupe and savory flavors like Parmesan. Delicious right after opening and only got more complex after opening up. Typically I don’t like flavor of the “dustier” agave profiles such as sierra negra, arroqueno, etc… this has elements what you’d expect from those agaves, but is incredibly delicate.

One of my all time favorite bottles of agave spirit. Enough so that after trying this bottle, for the first time I bothered to track down two other bottles from different batches (lot 4 and lot 8 for those curious as to what is available Stateside) to make sure that I had some more for when this runs out.

For context, I’ve only tried one other agave spirit from sonora (one of the lamata Lechuguilla also with bovicornuta) and tried perhaps 3-4 other Lechuguillla/bovincornuta spirits total. While all on the tasty side, it isn’t an agave I am super familiar with. Definitely will be on the look out for more.

Lot 3 | Bottle 13/44
On the nose you get a whiff of warm campfire (not the smoke smell, but the wood smell if that makes sense?), saline, old library books, a bit of lactic cheesiness.
Taste wise the initial palette has that earthy, campfire taste mixed with parmesian cheese rind and salt that was on the nose moving through to the umami of wet porcinis before opening up into a sweetness and cheesy flavor that was not found on the nose. The finish lasts for a long time and has just a hint of sug

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