La Luna Black Label Ensanble Cupreata Mezcal 1L

White flowers, grapefruit, lemon, and a soft lift of vanilla on the nose, with tobacco, candied agave, a bright limeade note, and light smoke on the palate, finishing with lingering, lush fruit.

Unlike most mezcals people know, La Luna comes from Michoacán, in the town of Etúcuaro, where the agaves grow wild and semi cultivated at elevations above 2,000 meters and are harvested under the full moon. This Black Label is an ensamble led by Cupreata, roasted with estate sourced white oak in stone lined earthen pits, fermented in open air wooden vats, and distilled in copper cazo and pinewood stills. Proprietor Salvador Chavez, born in Michoacán and raised as a teenager in Sonoma, California, began importing and producing mezcal in 2017 and works with local families of growers and mezcaleros.