Rezpiral Cuishe – Alejandrina & Nicolas Hernandez

About this destilado de agave

Rezpiral Cuishe from Alejandrina & Nicolas Hernandez is produced in the small community of Rio Seco near Zoquitlan, Oaxaca. Nicolas & Alejandrina Hernandez are husband and wife. They cook their agave in an underground volcanic-lined oven. They shred the agave in a mechanical mill and ferment the crushed agave in cypress vats. The agave is then double distilled in copper pots.

Rezpiral

Rezpiral brings selections of high-quality traditional small-batch (non-certified) Mezcals into a handful of places in the USA. At the core of the project is the embrace of an ethos that aims to respect and support the multi-generational knowledge, independence, flavors, lands, and ways of each mezcalero family.

Rezpiral’s small scale allows for the advocacy of diversity on different levels, from supporting the autonomy of producers & their continued production of artisanal mezcals to the preservation of local land control. Rezpiral actively supports master artisan’s proactive planting and management of agave; recollecting and incubating seeds, transplanting and farming diverse species of endemic agave in sustainable ways. Rezpiral directs 10% of earnings back into supporting artisans farming.

Rezpiral has a regional greenhouse to support independent small scale mezcaleros in cultivating and reforesting their lands with local endangered wild agave varietals. They also are highly focused on a cultural and conservation residency program.