Mezcal Vago Arroqueno 750ml

Mezcal Vago Arroqueño is a small-batch mezcal from Oaxaca, Mexico, made from 100% mature Arroqueño agave, a slow-maturing wild variety that takes considerably longer to grow than cultivated Espadín. The agave is harvested and roasted in an underground pit oven, milled by hand, fermented with wild yeasts, and distilled twice in copper pot stills. The resulting spirit is bold and layered, with roasted agave, notes reminiscent of smoked meat, and a deep earthy minerality running through the finish. This is a sipping mezcal for someone already familiar with the category and looking for a rarer, more intense agave expression.

How to drink Mezcal Vago Arroqueño

Drink it neat, in a small glass, and give it a minute to open up — the roasted, smoky depth here is the point. It can go into a cocktail, but that intensity is largely wasted mixed with much else.