Los Perdidos Mezcal Reposado Arroqueno SO20231114 toasted almonds and cinnamon with

toasted almonds and cinnamon with an ample dose of crushed pepper and a hint of orange citrus

and cherry

with concentrated berry fruit evolving into dried fruit

and a peppery

new oak is minimal

Los Perdidos Mezcal Reposado Arroqueno SO20231114 toasted almonds and cinnamon withArroqueo is one of the great slow agaves the plants behind this bottle were 18 to 23 years old and the Arellanes brothers distill it the old way, in Santa Catarina Minas, the Oaxacan village where mezcaleros still work with clay pot stills instead of copper. German, Bezaleel and Armando are the eleventh generation of their family to make mezcal here: maguey roasted in a wood fired earthen pit, then distilled in small clay ollas. This one rests about