Salvadores Tepeztate is produced by Flavio Pérez Méndez and his family in the community of Tlacolula de Matamoros, Oaxaca.
About this mezcal
Salvadores Tepeztate is produced by Flavio Pérez Méndez and his family. This mezcal is traditionally produced in Tlacolula de Matamoros. The agaves are cooked in an underground pit oven, milled by tahona, fermented with open air yeasts, and double distilled in copper stills.
Salvadores Mezcal
Salvadores Mezcal is a brand from Tlacolula de Matamoros, Oaxaca. The brand is a family company that was founded when the current producer’s great-grandfather began making mezcal in the early 1900s. Through several generations of learning and knowledge-transfer, they constructed the Casa Palacios Destilería in 2019 and officially registered the Salvadores brand in 2020.
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Zack Klamn
512 reviewsLote: TEP-05 (2021) Botella: 96
Nose – Halved jalapenos. Violets. Olive oil. Cooked pasta.
Palate – Quite the combination of vegetal and floral notes. Icing sugar. Some shaved parmesan cheese in the finish. Definite alcohol burn in the back end. Very flavorful but definitely on the smokier side.