Bozal, Espadin/Barril Ensemble Mezcal, NV 012926OFFER but one of our favorites

but one of our favorites for elegant

This 2018 dry Riesling is taut

it is just beginning to open and has plenty of road ahead

a south-facing clay-over-limestone-tuffeau slope that grows Cabernet Franc of extraordinary depth and longevity

Perfect on its own or over a single ice cube

Bozal, Espadin/Barril Ensemble Mezcal, NV 012926OFFER but one of our favoritesAn ensamble built on cultivated Espadin and wild harvested Barril and Mexicano the wild agaves are where the citrus and floral lift comes from, since they take many more years to mature and have to be found rather than farmed. Bozal works with individual mezcaleros in Oaxaca, in villages like San Dionisio Ocotepec and Ejutla de Crespo, and each label names the maker and the town behind that particular batch. Production is the artisanal method: agave