La Venenosa Raicilla Costa de Jalisco

In the 1780's artisans who crafted their mezcals adopted the name Raicilla to avoid a tax levied by the Spanish crown. La Venenosa Costa has notes of cedar and pine with a great balance of smoke and agave.

Region - Costa de Jalisco, Cabo Corrientes
Village - Lanno Grande, El Tuito
Agave - Rhodacantha
Maestro Tabernero - Don Alberto Hernandez
Distillation - twice in a Filipino still, made from the trunk of a Higuera Blanca tree
Roast - adobe oven with black oak