Mezcal, Destilado Con Cempasuchil, Salvadores

• Limited edition mezcal distilled with cempasúchil (marigold) in Tlacolula de Matamoros, Oaxaca, at Casa Palacios (NOM 0654X) • 2024 vintage • Maestro Mezcalero Flavio Pérez Méndez • Made using 100% Espadín (Agave angustifolia) matured 8 years • Cooked in a conical earthen pit using Encino oak that has been certified as sustainably harvested • Milled by horse-drawn stone tahona • Fermented in traditional wooden vats (tinas) using well water • Distilled twice using an alembic copper pot still • Marigold flowers (cempasúchil), tejocote (Mexican hawthorn), and Mandarin orange are added directly to the still during the second distillation • Bright floral and citrusy aromatics precede a crisp, lean palate of intense orange and caramel, cinnamon, butter, eucalyptus, and coriander seed. Linear, quaffable, and deeply compelling.  • 50.7% ABV Each year, in honor of Día de los Muertos, Salvadores crafts a special batch of mezcal distilled with cempasúchil, or marigold. This culturally significant flower is used to adorn the altars known as ofrendas, so its fragrant scent may guide souls from their burial places to their family homes where mezcal is commonly offered to welcome and toast their arrival. This special batch is also distilled with Mandarin orange and another Day of the Dead staple—the hawthorn fruit tejocote— to honor and celebrate the journey of these ancestors.