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flor del desierto

is produced at two distilleries in the state of Chihuahua. Flor Del Desierto was started by a small group of friends after one of them, Flor, won a baking competition, using sotol as the special ingredient. All sotol plants, also known as the desert spoon or sereque, are wild-harvested in the

Locations

Coyame Desert & Mountains of Madera

Maestros Sotoleros

Don Gerardo Ruelas

Don Jose Armando Fernandez Flores

 
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desierto

origin

coyame del sotol, chihuahua, mexico

Variety

100% wild harvested dasylirion weeleri sereque

age

18 - 22 yrs required prior to harvest

oven

roasted in a shallow willow & oak pit oven

grinding

1st stage by axe 2nd stage by knife

fermentation

5 - 7 days in pine wood tanks

distillation

double distilled in traditional copper stills

master sotolier

don gerardo ruelas

bottling

750 ml
 

 
 
 
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cascabel

origin

coyame del sotol, chihuahua, mexico

Variety

100% wild harvested dasylirion weeleri sereque

age

18 - 22 yrs required prior to harvest

oven

roasted in a shallow willow & oak pit oven

grinding

1st stage by axe 2nd stage by knife

fermentation

pine wood tanks

maturing

90 days in 40 yr old neutral oak casks
used for aging straight american juarez whisky

distillation

double distilled in traditional copper stills

proof

45%

master sotolier

don gerardo ruelas

bottling

750 ml
 

 
 
 
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sierra

origin

madera, chihuahua, mexico

Variety

100% wild harvested dasylirion weeleri sereque

age

18 - 22 yrs required prior to harvest

oven

roasted in a shallow willow & oak pit oven

grinding

1st stage by axe 2nd stage by knife

fermentation

7 days in pine wood tanks

distillation

double distilled in traditional alembic copper stills

proof

47%

master sotolier

don gerardo ruelas

bottling

750 ml