Los Perdidos Mezcal Reposado Arroqueno Old Rioja Aromatically true to Grenache with

Aromatically true to Grenache with ripe strawberry and raspberry aromas and a little structure and dark fruit from the Syrah

It'll drink beautifully now with air

punishingly low yields

uses no bâtonnage

Made from Mencía with a handful of native field-blend grapes

Los Perdidos Mezcal Reposado Arroqueno Old Rioja Aromatically true to Grenache withArroqueo is one of the great slow agaves the plants behind this bottle were 18 to 23 years old and the Arellanes brothers distill it the old way, in Santa Catarina Minas, the Oaxacan village where mezcaleros still work with clay pot stills instead of copper. German, Bezaleel and Armando are the eleventh generation of their family to make mezcal here: maguey roasted in a wood fired earthen pit, then distilled in small clay ollas. This one rests about