
Alipus Mezcal first began as a "social impact project", with the aim of supporting traditional mezcal producers and their lands in several regions in Oaxaca, Mexico. There’s a chalkiness that’s really unusual and pleasant here. The mezcal is reflective of the environment around it, with mineral rich reddish and white soils, alongside long fermentation periods. A small village called San Juan Del Rio is the specific region this Alpius San Juan Del Rio Mezcal tequila comes from.


Alipus started working with Joel Antonio Cruz for this release, however the family turned over distillation to Joel’s younger cousin Rodolfo Juan Juarez a few years ago. Alipus San Juan del Rio is made with agave Espadin. There’s a chalkiness that’s really unusual and pleasant. The mezcal is reflective of the environment around it, with mineral rich reddish and white soils, alongside long fermentation periods. Notify Me Pick-up this item at our shop ABV 49. Send me an email when this is back in stock. Alipus San Juan del Rio is made with agave Espadin. Gusto Histórico Tobaxiche Amarillo Juan Garcia Mezcal Item 44693 750mL This item is currently out of stock. At the bottling plant, the distillates are bottled, labeled and packaged.So, so deep and wonderful. We have carefully selected five different mezcals from the Mezcal From Oaxaca Project that best represent the region and its complex ethno-geographic spectrum. The Mezcal is transported in tanks from there to the Los Danzantes bottling plant in the valley of Tlacolula, since transporting glass bottles (first empty, then filled) over the poor dirt roads that connect the towns to the main roads is impractical. The Alipús destileria belongs to the Cruz family. The production sites of the different Mezcals are located between four to six hours by car from Oaxaca city.

A technical and cultural “bridge”, such as the one offered by Los Danzantes, is therefore essential to guarantee the sovereignty of the producers over their product and its marketing. No chemicals should be used in agave cultivation or production.įor the sake of understanding, it should be mentioned here that in most of the producer families Zapotec is spoken as a mother tongue and some of the older members do not know Spanish, accordingly they cannot read or write. Encuentra Mezcal Alipús San Luis Joven 750 ml en Bodegas Alianza.

There are projections and targets, depending on what happens in the market, rather than binding agreements. See 54 Member reviews and tasting notes for Alipus San Juan del Rio Mezcal. Prices are regularly renegotiated, and these are normally 20% higher than the usual market price in the region. There are no binding contracts between Los Danzantes and the distillers, which is why the latter enjoy maximum freedom to work with other brands, for example, or to set up their own - although no producer has yet abandoned the collaboration.
