Mal Bien Tomas + Emiliano Gutierrez Papalote 750 ml

Mal Bien Tomás + Emiliano Gutiérrez Papalote is a collaboration bottling from Mal Bien, a mezcal project built around highlighting individual maestros mezcaleros by name rather than blending anonymously — this release credits producers Tomás and Emiliano Gutiérrez and is made from Papalote agave, a wild variety less commonly bottled than espadín. It's produced using traditional Oaxacan palenque methods: pit-roasted agave, open-air fermentation, and small-batch copper distillation. Expect a distinctly smoky, herbal mezcal with the vegetal character particular to Papalote agave, aimed at drinkers already deep into single-producer mezcal rather than a first bottle.

How to drink Mal Bien Papalote

Serve neat in a copitas glass and taste it slowly — a named single-producer, wild-agave mezcal like this is meant to be evaluated on its own, not cut with a mixer.

MezcalOaxaca, Mexico