Chilapa de Álvarez, Guerrero LOTE: 0621JB, 46.5%, 498 bottles, June, 2021

This batch of papalote was made by Javier using papalote grown by a neighbor in Ahuacuotzintla, the community where the Barrancas live and work. The agaves used were a mix of capón and velilla.

Don Ciro began working as a mezcalero in his teens and continued well into his 80s, producing batches until the final month of his life. Ciro’s grandson Javier, on the other hand, spent much of his 20s working at a pizza place in Chicago, before returning to help his grandfather. Working together for nearly a decade, theirs is a story of tradition, the passing of generational knowledge, and its adaptation to a new era.

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