Bozal Pechuga Mezcal

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47% ABV• 750mL

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Few mezcals carry the ceremonial weight of a pechuga, and Bozal's take on this ancient tradition delivers a spirit as storied as it is complex. Distilled with raw ingredients hung in the still during the final pass, this is mezcal at its most ritualistic and alive.


Bozal Pechuga Mezcal follows a time-honored production method rooted in the highlands of Oaxaca, where small-batch distillation and deep respect for the agave plant define the craft. The pechuga process introduces fruits, spices, and proteins into the distillation, infusing the spirit with layers of flavor that no standard production run can replicate.


  • Nose: Wild fruit, warm spice, and a faint savory earthiness that hints at the pechuga process beneath
  • Palate: Ripe stone fruit, cinnamon, roasted agave, and a silky richness with gentle smoke woven throughout
  • Finish: Long, warm, and lingering with dried fruit sweetness and a whisper of savory depth

Bozal Pechuga Mezcal is exceptional sipped neat, but its fruit-forward complexity makes it a stunning base for a mezcal sour or a smoked old fashioned where its ceremonial character can truly shine.


Best enjoyed neat or on a large rock to let the aromas open fully. A small-batch Oaxacan mezcal crafted through the rare and celebrated pechuga method.

Tasting Notes

Aroma: Smoke softened by the pechuga and wild fruit

Palate: Rich, with roasted fruit, subtle minerality and a slight smokiness

Finish: Dry on the back of the palate

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Location: Río de Ejutla, Oaxaca
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Master Distiller: Don Adrian and Lucio Bautista
Bozal, Spanish for wild or untamed, bottles mezcal from family palenques in Oaxaca, Guerrero and Durango, much of it from wild agave on steep, hard-to-reach hillsides. Agave is roasted in earthen pits, crushed by stone tahona or wooden mallet, fermented open-air with natural yeast and distilled twice in copper or clay. The range runs from Ensamble and Single Maguey bottlings to Sacrificio mezcals distilled with meat or fruit and clay-pot Reserva releases. For every maguey harvested, two are planted in a mountainside nursery and returned to the wild.
Map of Oaxaca, Mexico, with Río de Ejutla marked
LOCATION

Río de Ejutla, Oaxaca

Map of Oaxaca, Mexico, with Río de Ejutla marked

Río de Ejutla is a small community in the Ejutla area, at the southern end of Oaxaca's Valles Centrales, where the valley floor sits at about 1,460 meters. The hills around Ejutla are home to wild karwinskii agaves such as Tobasiche, a slow-growing plant that needs twelve years or more to mature. Producers here roast agave in earthen pits, crush it with a stone tahona, ferment it in the open air with wild yeast and distill twice in copper pot stills.

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