Mexicano Sergio Cruz Martinez

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THE MAESTRO

Sergio Cruz Martinez

Sergio Cruz Martinez is a third-generation master distiller from San Pedro Quiatoni, a small Zapotec mountain village in the eastern region of the Tlacolula Valley in Oaxaca, Mexico. His grandfather, Angel, originally a farmer who cultivated beans, corn, and squash, began making agave spirits over 50 years ago. At the age of eight, Sergio started working in his father's palenque, where one of his main responsibilities was herding the cattle and animals after school. Today, Sergio understands the vital importance of preserving agaves, which is why he has begun reforesting his fields to ensure the agaves are well cared for and reach full maturity, allowing him to produce high-quality agave spirits.

Third-Generation Maestro

San Pedro Quiatoni, Oaxaca

Reforestation Focus

THE BATCH

This batch of Mexicano (Agave rhodacantha) is made from 100% wild agaves that grow on the property and can take up to 9 years to fully mature. All agaves used in this batch were capón for three months. Because there are no paved roads or trails leading to the agaves, they are harvested by hand with machetes and hauled down to the palenque by mule. The agave is cooked in an underground pit oven, rested for a couple of days, then crushed with a traditional mule-drawn tahona stone. The fibers are fermented in wooden vats for about six to eight days using well water for natural fermentation, and the spirit is then double distilled in small copper alembic pots.

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