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A perfect balance between cooked and green maguey, nuts, herbacity and smoke.

ENSAMBLE (SIPPING) Mezcal made from 100% agave, with the best varieties from Mexico, which are: Agave Espadin (A. Angustifolia), Agave Tobala (A. Potatorum), Agave Cuishe (A. Karwinskii). Method: Craftsman made Category: Young, white Alcoholic content: 42% Cooking: Volcanic stone oven Distillation: double, with Copper Mills. Tubs: Sweet Wood. Fermentation: Wild. AROMA When you first breathe it in, it leaves a sweet flowery scent with mineral hints followed by a soft smoky note just as a good mezcal made in a craftsmen’s volcanic stone oven would. TASTE Fresh and herbal, with a soft, sophisticated touch of honey in the aftertaste. PAIRINGS Trascendente Blended White is a special Mezcal due to the fact that it pairs extremely well with any type of food and, in particular, seafood. Trascendente Blended White is great paired even with desserts; it is best accompanied by pieces of chocolate or with citric fruits ice-cream. Made in: Oaxaca, Mexico.

38% Abv, 750mL La Dama is the largest sustainable blue agave grower in the world. This Reposado Tequila is made from 100% agave, Aged 3 months, organically grown in the highlands of Los Altos. Each artisanal, diamond-shaped bottle is created from “useless, forgotten scraps” of recycled glass. Each Special Edition Gift Box is made from the exhausted agave fibre left over from Tequila production. What was seen as wastage, is given a new, beautiful life. La Dama is committed to aiding the local community: paying the highest industry wages, and donating educational resources to local schools with each bottle sold.

PATRÓN Silver is handcrafted from the finest 100% Weber Blue Agave and is carefully distilled in small batches at Hacienda Patrón distillery in Jalisco, Mexico to create our naturally additive free super-premium tequila. An incredibly versatile spirit, Patron Silver can be sipped neat, from the freezer, over ice or mixed into the perfect cocktail. A favourite in margaritas, it can also be incorporated into classics like the Mule, Paloma, take a shot if you must, but you’ll be missing out on savouring the bright citrus notes and fresh agave flavours that are unmistakably Patron.

Year of launch: 2014 Village: San Luis Del Río, 900 masl - Palenque = distillery Family: Velasco Maguey: Espadín common name 8 to 9 years, only maguey from the region, cultivated Agave: Angustifolia Haw Cocking: underground conical oven with river stones and dead wood, tepehuaje, quebrache, bonin Milling: Tahona pulled by Pepe the Horse Fermentation: open/natural in wooden vats using indigenous yeast Distillation: double (ordinario the first) in copper pot still, traditional Arabic style Proofing: well water