Azul - Ameyaltepec

Batch: P-DT-07

Release date: June 2025

At a glance:

Maguey: Azul (A. Tequiliana)
Producer: Delfino Tobon
Region: San Pablo Ameyattepec, Mixteca Poblana
Cooking: 3 day roast in brick lined pit oven with tehuixtla wood.
Milling: By axe and wood chipper
Fermentation: 8 days in plastic drums with well water
Distillation: Single pass through homemade plated column reflux still
Batch size: 144 litres
Date of production: Dec 2023
ABV: 48.0%

Delfino Tobon Mejia makes mezcal as part of his wider farming activities in the remote community of San Pablo Ameyaltepec, Pubela. His fascinating home made, 3-plate column still allows for a single pass distillation and produces wonderful aromatic spirits.

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The development of spirits production in this traditional agricultural community is equally as fascinating. Over the years since our first visit we’ve watched this palenques grow from broken down sheds to reasonable scale operations. And now there’s government money flowing into town to encourage growth in production.

harvesting the wild Papalote for the Papalote - Ameyaltepec, Batch: P-DT-05. Exclusive to Sin Gusano

Donkeys carrying wild Papalote for the Papalote - Ameyaltepec, Batch: P-DT-05. Exclusive to Sin Gusano

Donkeys used to harvest wild Papalote for the Papalote - Ameyaltepec, Batch: P-DT-05. Exclusive to Sin Gusano

Delfino and his brother Pablo trek with donkeys for 4 hours to harvest wild Papalote (and Pizorra) from a region of fertile Tierra Roja (red earth).

Once back at the palenque, Delfino’s roast happens in a traditional earthen pit, for 3 days, with a fire built from local tehuisqle wood. After milling with machete and then wood chipper, fermentation typically takes 8 days, in plastic tambors with well water.

Old reflux still and tools of the trade

Distilling in January 2024 of the Papalote - Ameyaltepec Batch: P-DT-05 exclusive to Sin Gusano

Distilling in Jan 2024

The all important distillation is quite unique in this case. Delfino uses a homemade column reflux still with 3 plates. You can see a retired still here, decorating the wall of the palenque. This column is immersed in a water bath to keep the reflux plates cool enough to have their condensing effect.

The re-condensing nature of this set-up means only a single pass of the apparatus is needed. A kind of 2-in-1 distillation.

Gracias Delfino

House Tasting Notes:

Nose: Cream soda with hints of eucalyptus

Palate: Initial attack is lactic with a slight acidity that last only a second before huge sweetness comes rushing in. There’s a real balance between dusty and creamy in the mouth feel, which for us has become a beautiful hallmark of Delfino’s work. With time in the glass the Tequiliana properties come more to the fore.

Finish: Sweet, with lingering cotton candy. Really delicious and absolutely fascinating for the tequila drinkers new to the more artisanal end of agave spirits.

This is a MAS exclusive bottle, only available in the June 2026 box.

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