Tosba Pechuga is a double distilled Mezcal that uses a combination of wild pineapple, bananas, wild apples, rice, and a wild turkey breast.
About this mezcal
Tosba Pechuga is a double distilled mezcal that uses a combination of wild pineapple, bananas, wild apples, rice, and a wild turkey breast. The above mentioned ingredients are placed in a cotton net suspended by strings in the the still for the third distillation, ensuring that all the vapors pass over the turkey breast and condense into a delicious Mezcal de Pechuga. Tosba Pechuga has a lot of character that includes a robust nose of almonds, basil, chocolate. The flavors are persistent and recurrent.
This is not the special edition pechuga de borrego release, for that bottle please see: Tosba Pechuga de Borrego
Tosba Mezcal
Mezcal Tosba is a microbusiness founded by two cousins from San Cristóbal Lachirioag, Oaxaca, Mexico. While living in Silicon Valley, California in 1999, they were inspired and influenced by the entrepreneurialism that surrounded them. Concerned by the increasing migration from their home region of Cajonos-Villa Alta in the Sierra Juárez mountains, they decided to form a business that would rescue the disappearing mezcal production and bring economic opportunity to the area. Mezcal Tosba is created by using traditional, and what is now called sustainable, agricultural methods of harvesting and distillation passed down by generations of farmers and mezcaleros from the region of Cajonos-Villa Alta of the Sierra Juárez in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico.
Learn more:
- Mezcal Tosba: A Visit to San Cristóbal Lachirioag on Mezcal Reviews
NPR Planet Money
Episode 512: Can Mezcal Save A Village?
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little_agave
34 reviewslote 09-51. 139/336 2022 harvest 48.3%.
aroma: cheese fruits banana,
palate: meaty, full sort of rich, chocolate
love it
mt_rainyer
43 reviewsLot 27 (notes from tasting in 2018)
Delicious Pechuga. While a bit too much on the meaty/gamey soup flavor for my taste, complex with just enough green apple, pepper, and chocolate complementing that meat flavor. This is one of those that you can leave in your glass and watch dramatically change every few minutes emphasizing a different note, a great sipper for an evening.
Zack Klamn
542 reviewsBought a half a liter at the Tosba palenque.
Nose – Raw mushroom. Roasted turkey breast. Apple slices.
Palate – Deli smoked turkey. Baking chocolate. Dried banana. Cinnamon spiced apple. Baked potato. This pechuga is something else, frickin great sipper.
ElAgave
34 reviewsLote 27 47.3%abv
Nose – fruity, pear, smoked turkey, mango, sweet fruity nose
Palate – peppery, bell pepper, green, smoked turkey meat, plantain, raisin
Finish – minty, woody, over ripe apple
Yocos
7 reviewsRich caramel and chocolate, hint of smoke, gushing with flavor, hot finish.
Tyler
641 reviewsVery meaty on the nose. Vicious on the palate. Notes of chocolate, peat, citrus, and honey are present in this delicious pechuga. Hot finish. Lot 006
The story of Mezcal Tosba is inspiring and their hard work has paid off. This is my favorite of their current mezcals released in the US.
Jonny
705 reviewsLot 006. This is another incredible Pechuga. The other mezcal Tosba’s are OK, but this one is really great. It’s very meaty with strong chicken notes and hints of apple, potato, and dark chocolate. This is one of my favorite Pechuga mezcals out there. It’s a bit hot for 46%, but the heat blends well with the flavor and aroma.
3chainz
19 reviewsVery complex and very rich
Pechuga “meaty-ness” is noticeable and makes for a savory experience