Pal'alma Astor Select San Luis Potosí Salmiana Mezcal

Are you craving a little adventure in your life? Forget skydiving, bullfighting, or yokeling and reach for San Luis Potosí Salmiana Mezcal, a truly headspinning mezcal from Pal’alma’s Erick Rodriguez, known as the “Indiana Jones of Agave”. Pal’alma is the export brand for Almamezcalera, a Mexico City-based label that made its name uncovering rural mezcaleros and bringing their heritage spirits to market. The San Luis Potosi batch, made from maguey Salmiana grown 6,000 feet above sea level in the central Mexican state that bears its name, contains 30% fresh pulque added to the crushed agave during fermentation in a pine vats. The result is something akin to discovering a lost city: aromas of roasted jalapeno, lime, pine sap, and cacao give way to a dark, savory palate with a subtle creaminess. Life isn’t so boring after all.