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Maguey Melate
Oaxaca, Mexico
Maguey me late (muh-gay may lah-tay) literally translates to “agave makes my heart beat” – it represents our love for this spirit, tradition, and region.
Our mission is to preserve and promote traditional agave spirit production methods, culture, and family owned palenques in a value-packed way that serves as an opposing force to the faster-cheaper economy.
2014
Semei García Ramos
Arroqueño
A nine year old mezcal! Smooth with age with a nutty, aged cheese palate.
German Manzano Martínez
Cuixe
A uniquely floral and somewhat fruity Cuixe which still incorporates traditional Cuixe green notes.
2012
Semei García Ramos
Mexicano
An eleven year old mezcal! Complex and yet mellow with age, each person that tastes it picks out different notes on their palate.
Jaime Reyes Morales
Barril
How is the 59%ABV??? We don't know but this mezcal has sweet, caramel fruit notes with a smooth finish.
German Manzano Martínez
Jabali
Sweet and sour zesty mezcal, with a slight natural cloudiness and color. A real highlight for agave nerds everywhere.
Maguey Melate Signature Box
The Signature Box is perfect for anyone who enjoys fine sipping spirits, handmade goods, and international culture. It’s not just a box… it’s 3 hours of entertainment for a get-together of 10-20 friends! Watch the making of your batch, meet the mezcaleros, and set up a tasting flight to determine which agave varietal suits you the most.
Whether you are an enthusiast or just starting your journey, this digital and physical package is curated to give you a broad spectrum of 100% organic agave distillates. The digital tour will take you to the homes of three mezcaleros from three different ecosystems, using three different distillation techniques to turn three different species of maguey into delicious liquid. You’ll be wishing the spirit and the videos never to end!
This package includes a virtual tour through our mezcaleros’ palenques, where you can observe the traditional process of making agave spirits (11-minute video), meet the mezcaleros (10-minute video), and join our street tasting through Oaxaca (6-minute video) by letting us all know which was your favorite in the review plugin! Your access to our restricted signature palenque tour is further complete with an extensive photo gallery, drone videos and extra footage, individual bottles for re-order, post questions for the mezcaleros to answer, and more!
Just about every last component of this package was locally sourced from Oaxaca, Mexico and made by local artisans and small businesses that keep this culture so rich and artisanal. Starting with the beautiful pine box itself, complete with an agave rope handle for easy transportation, you will be adding a piece of art to your home. There are four hand-made gift sets accompanying your experience to really highlight the artisanal culture of Oaxaca, complete with a limited edition screen print that would look great framed in your bar. Every new batch of 200 boxes, we create a new limited edition design from a rotation of Oaxacan artisans so you never know what you are going to get.
Last but not least, we searched this region high and low to bring you three of our all-time favorite agave spirits that will take you through a large spectrum of process variations, agaves, ecosystems, and mezcaleros. It wouldn’t be right to put these fine spirits in a normal industrial bottle, so we packaged them in three 375 mL 100% recycled glass artisanal bottles wrapped with an agave fiber label and beautifully handpainted corks.
