Puntas de Espadin Hermogenes Vasquez

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THE MAESTRO

Hermógenes Vasquez

Wearing his wool hat, Hermógenes Vasquez greets us with the quiet pride of a third-generation mezcalero, ready to share the story of the mezcales that have marked his life in the small mountain village of Logoche, Miahuatlán. He recalls his paternal grandfather running a small palenque just outside the village, where mezcal was first distilled in clay pots. Later, they switched to metal drums, without cooling tanks, using the running water from the nearby stream to condense the distillate. However, it was under his uncle, Primitivo Santiago from San Luis Amatlán, that he finally apprenticed. Hermógenes started working alongside him when he was just 12 years old. By 2001, he had built his first palenque, inspired by the traditional setups of nearby producers. This time, he had electricity and a proper concrete cooling tank, an upgrade, yet rooted in tradition.

Third-Generation Mezcalero

Logoche, Oaxaca

Rooted in Tradition

THE BATCH

This small batch of Puntas de Espadín Capón (Agave angustifolia) grew wild for 7 years in the region’s black soil. It was harvested and roasted in an earth and stone pit oven using oak and mesquite firewood, then chopped by machete and brought to a finer consistency with a shredder. It was open-air fermented in wooden vats with artesian well water, distilled twice in a small alembic copper pot, and then rested for 1 year. Before bottling, it went through a third and final distillation, creating a high-proof expression deeply rooted in Miahuatlán terroir.

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