Tepeztate
100% Maguey tepeztate·46% ABV

Flavors of wood, leather, and a dry finish. Earthy and intensely vegetal. Fruity on the nose. A unique mezcal that highlights the complexity of its category.

Tepeztate
Elaboration

Its extended period to reach maturation – up to 35 years – together with its excellent adaptation to extreme terrain, translates into finely settled sugars that produce Tepeztate’s sweet, spicy, earthy, and intensely vegetal flavor profile.

To create a single bottle of Tepeztate, we need 25 kg of agave. Depending on whether it’s the rainy or dry season, Tepeztate ferments for between 4 and 6 days in pine wood vats and is subsequently distilled twice in a copper still. Through the first distillation, or primary distillation, the distillate can reach 30% ABV.

25/35
years to reach maturation
30
Approximate kilos per plant
25
Average kilos per bottle

Process

  • 100% Tepeztate magueys
    (Agave Marmorata)
  • Cooked in an earthen oven
    for 5 nights and 4 days
  • Crushed with a stone mill
    pulled by a horse
  • Fermented for 4-6 days
    in pine wood vats
  • Distilled twice
    in a copper still
  • Adjusted with spring water
    until reaching 46% ABV
Tepeztate
The King of Mezcals
Enjoy your Grulani Tepeztate in our exclusive handcrafted, recycled-glass bottle and choose between the 700 ml format (available in 750 ml for the USA), the 200 ml bottle (as part of tasting collection) or the Premium box.
Maguey tepeztate
(Agave Marmorata)

The Tepeztate maguey is a fascinating agave for its long lifespan and ability to thrive in extreme conditions. One of the longest living magueys, Tepeztate has a shallow root system and can reach 25 to 35 years of age. It develops best in dry soils, preferably between rocks to drape its leaves over. Tepeztate’s leaves are wide and twisted at birth and have a small ripple at the tip.

As an endemic Mexican agave, and more specifically to Oaxaca, Tepezate’s growth and reproduction is limited to the low forests and scrub of the Sierra Madre del Sur, from the eastern end of the Balsas River to the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. Its most singularly defining trait is the extended period it needs to reach maturation, between 25 and 35 years.

Tepeztate can live for 25-35 years
The thorns of tepeztate
Its leaves are wide and twisted