NETA Cuixe Verde Agave Spirit (750ml / 45%)

NETA Cuixe Verde Agave Spirit is a deeply personal 2019 release from Francisco “Tío Chico” García and his wife, Cristina, in San Luis Amatlán, Miahuatlán. It was one of Tío Chico’s final productions and was rested in glass for three years before bottling as a tribute to his legacy.

Cuixe Verde is a rare, local Agave karwinskii phenotype prized in San Luis Amatlán. The homegrown agave rested for two weeks after harvest, spent six days in a mesquite-fired earthen oven and rested for another seven days. It was then processed by machete and mechanical shredder, fermented with native yeast in cypress vats and double distilled in copper.

PRODUCER: Francisco “Tío Chico” García
AGAVE: Cuixe Verde (Agave karwinskii)
PROCESS: Earthen-pit roasted, native-yeast fermented and double distilled in copper
BATCH: 200 litres, followed by three years of glass rest
RELEASE: 132 bottles allocated to Australia
ENJOY: Serve neat and unhurried; this is a bottle to share and return to rather than rush.

At 45% ABV, it is a rare opportunity to taste a place-specific agave through the work of one of Miahuatlán’s most respected producers.