{"title":"Mezcal Lalocura","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLalocura by Eduardo ‘Lalo’ Angeles\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe name “Lalocura” is not a reference to madness as people so often guess, it is a word made up of “Lalo”, the name by which everyone knows Eduardo Angeles, and “cura” (cure), because for Lalo and many others who practice traditional medicine, mezcal represents healing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBefore starting Lalocura in 2014, Eduardo Angeles spent years working as the fourth generation Maestro Mezcalero (Master distiller) of his family’s label Real Minero, where he combined a lifetime of working under his father, the late, great Don Lorenzo with a degree in agricultural engineering, and a philosophy that is all his own.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLalocura and our philosophy were born out of two guiding principles: the preservation of knowledge and tradition, and the sustainable use of our community’s natural resources.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Ancestral Way\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLalocura is made the ancestral way, an organic production process inherited through time in Santa Catarina Minas. The agaves are cooked in an earthen cone shaped pit, grinding by hand with wooden mallets, fermented outdoors in sabino wood vats, and distilled in clay pots.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe grinding by hand adds an extra quality check on the agaves that are used further in the production and the distillation on clay pots gives a soft, colloidal texture with a distinct mouthfeel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMezcal it is history, it is heritage, it is wisdom, it is love. For more than hundred years we have been, we are and we will be mezcal.\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"espadin-mezcal-lalocura","title":"Espadín (2023) Lalocura","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAbout this Spirit\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis release was produced by \u003cstrong\u003eEduardo Ángeles\u003c\/strong\u003e in \u003cstrong\u003eSanta Catarina Minas, Oaxaca\u003c\/strong\u003e, using mature Espadín agaves harvested after \u003cstrong\u003e12 years of growth\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe agaves were cooked in a traditional prehispanic earthen pit, milled by hand using wooden mallets, and fermented naturally in Sabino wood vats for \u003cstrong\u003e12–25 days\u003c\/strong\u003e before being distilled twice in traditional clay pots.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCurrent Release\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e• Batch: Espadín-05\/23A\u003cbr\u003e• ABV: 49.1%\u003cbr\u003e• Batch Size: 100 litres (142 bottles)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTechnical Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e• Maestro: Eduardo Ángeles Carreño\u003cbr\u003e• Village: Santa Catarina Minas, Oaxaca\u003cbr\u003e• Agave: Espadín (A. 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