Aniceto Garcia

Yegosé, Oaxaca Highlands

The Maestro

Aniceto Garcia was born in Yegosé in 1959, a rocky, hilly area in Oaxaca’s highlands a few hundred miles from the Pacific Coast. Although school was a priority, his family’s needs were too great to ignore, and at the age of 10 he began apprenticing under his father, pulling tepextate and tobala magueyes from the austere, rocky soil and hauling them by mule. By age 16, he had mastered the craft, producing up to four small batches of mezcal in his early years.
Aniceto Garcia

The Process

Pit Oven

Pit Oven

Hand Mashed

Hand Mashed

Wood Fermented

Wood Fermented

Deep Well

Deep Well

Copper Pot

Copper Pot

Spirits by Aniceto Garcia