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Montelobos, Tobalá, 70 cl, 46,8 %

The beautiful Agave Tobala in Montelobos

The Agave Tobala nursery in Montelobos fields

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Montelobos, Tobalá, 70 cl, 46,8 %

“Elegance meets Power”

Product awards & recognitions

Product awards & recognition

Brand awards & recognition

Drinks International 2018

The Spirits Business 2019

Drinks International 2020

One of the first mezcals made from Cultivated Tobala from Puebla. Created by THE Doctor in Agave.

Category: Agave Distill
SKU: 40003

Facts

Brand Montelobos
Distillery Name Casa Montelobos S.A.P.I. de C.V.
Class Mezcal Tipo I
Alcoholic grade 46.8 %
Content 70 cl
Country distilled México
Country of bottling México

Sustainable agaves
Made by the world renowned agave PhD Ivan Saldaña
Big recognizable bottle
Coming from Puebla, the newest state in the DOC/DOP of mezcal

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Color, aromas and taste.

Color

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Transparent

Aromas

Nose: 20%; Mouth: 20%

Ahumado (Smokey)
Nose: 10%; Mouth: 0%

Lively, pushing
Nose: 20%; Mouth: 0%

Plantation (Tropical zone)
Nose: 30%; Mouth: 0%

Flowers
Nose: 10%; Mouth: 10%

Dried epazote
Nose: 0%; Mouth: 30%

Agave nutrition
Nose: 0%; Mouth: 20%

Living organism
Nose: 0%; Mouth: 20%

Candied grapes

Taste

Intensity: 10.00%

Bitterness
Intensity: 20.00%

Sourness
Intensity: 10.00%

Umami
Intensity: 30.00%

Sweetness
Intensity: 30.00%

Saltiness

Food pairings

Seafood
Duck
Turkey
Foi gras
Pork
Baked fruits
Ripened cheese & marmalade

Cheese

Mezcal Montelobos Tobala presents a surprising complex aroma, giving you lemon, green pepper and pear in the nose. There is little smoke present. In the flavor, you again have citrus hitting palate, along with light smoke, roasted fig, truffle and macadamia nuts. It is in perfect balance with the alcohol content.

cocktail This Mezcal offers a labyrinth f flavours and aromas, elegantly integrated, that are able to provide different experiences with each sip. It is perfect for sipping neat.

Brand and creators

Ivan Saldaña, the creator of the Montelobos project

Don Aaron Alba the maestro mezcalero, Puebla.

Casa Lumbre produces premium, farm-to-bottle Mexican spirits with unique sensorial qualities that appeal to trade and consumers alike. Ivan Saldaña, one of the founding partners of Casa Lumbre and creator of Mezcal Montelobos and Licor Ancho Reyes, is the mastermind behind this whisky. In his PhD in evolutionary biology, Ivan Saldaña focused on Agave plants. This theoretical background combined with years in the practical experimentation in the creation of top selling spirits have made of him an international reference in the spirits business.

Production details

One of the few, if not the only mezcal made of 100% cultivated Agave Tobalá.

FIELD LOCATION

San Nicolás Huajuapan, Puebla
SINGLE ESTATE RAW MATERIAL
Cultivated

Wild

Montelobos achieves extraordinary balance and complexity through a seamless integration between agave flavors, fermentation notes and smoke. Montelobos Mezcal is proudly produced by Casa Montelobos, a Mexican company based in Oaxaca dedicated to promoting, educating and marketing mezcal.

DISTILLERY LOCATION

San Nicolas HuajuapanPuebla
NOM

156X
THE BRAND OWNER OWNS/ CONTROLS THE DISTILLERY

The fiber of the fermented agaves

Sprouted seeds in the Montelobos fields

The cultivated agaves Tobala

The Montelobos fields with agave Tobala

The Jima of the agave Tobala

The Montelobos oven ready to cook

Han tearing of the cooked agave with machete

Montelobos Palenque in Puebla

The fields around the Palenque

Manufacturing and aging

Montelobos is a handcrafted mezcal made in San Nicolas Huajuapan in Puebla, the youngest state to be able to produce mezcal. It is produced using exclusively agave Tobala, that is cultivated, a rarity in mezcalworld. Master Distiller, Aaron Alva Sanchez, has a long experience with cultivating agaves and has perfected his methods to make the best mezcal possible. They use a 9 and pinewood barrels for fermentation.