Lobo de la Sierra Raicilla

Lobo de la Sierra is a raicilla from the state of Jalisco, made by maestro tabernero Don Gerardo Peña, who is also known as El Lobo de la Sierra. Raicilla is the agave spirit of Jalisco's western highlands and coast, granted its Denomination of Origin only in 2019 after centuries made quietly in remote Sierra Madre villages. This bottling is built on Agave maximiliana, a mountain species that marks it as a sierra style raicilla and a maguey rarely seen outside the category.

The agave is cooked in a masonry, bread shaped oven, crushed mechanically, then distilled in an unusual still made from steel and old glass. Annual output is very small because the supply of maximiliana is limited. The spirit drinks fruity, with clear notes of peach and lemon over the wilder, vegetal lean of mountain agave. Bottled at 40%.