Madrecuixe capón + Jabalín capón | February 2022 | Miguel García Jarquín | ENNMGJ2202 | Fall 2023 release | 84 bottles | Estate Brands

Miguel García Jarquín is a young multi-generational mezcal producer and is also the son in law of the renowned mezcalero power couple Hermogenes Vásquez García and Paula Aquino Sánchez. After marrying their daughter Felicitas, he has been assisting the family periodically, making his first batch on his own at their palenque in 2019 and continuing make a few small productions each year.

In what seems to be becoming an annual tradition, Miguel started off 2022 with another fantastic hyper regional ensamble that combined different species of wild and home-grown agave from red and iron-rich tierra roja parcels of his family’s ranch in El Nanche, adjacent to Logoche. Harvested with the full moon of January, Miguel crafted this field blend with select ripe plants of Madrecuixe and Jabalín, in roughly 60/40 proportions, respectively. The robust flavors of the two-year quiotudo Madrecuixe balance beautifully with the aggressive qualities of the Jabalín in a perfect marriage of cultivated and wild micro-endemic maguey. Made with help from his wife, Felicitas, and some minimal oversight from his in-laws, Miguel was able to produce 80 liters at 52.4% abv using a careful mix of heads, hearts, and high proof tails.

§  Maguey(es): Madrecuixe capón (Agave karwinskii var.) and Jabalín (Agave convallis var.)

§  Provenance of the maguey: Homegrown Madrecuixe and wild Jabalín from family land

§  Producer: Miguel García Jarquín

§  Region: Logoche, Miahuatlán

§  Soil type: red and rocky tierra roja

§  Rest time after harvest: eight days

§  Oven: Conical earthen pit; eight days with mesquite and guamuchil

§  Rest time after oven: six days

§  Maceration: Machete and shredder

§  Fermentation: Native yeasts and well water; one 1200L Montezuma cypress sabino wood tank

§  Dry fermentation time: 24 hours

§  Wet fermentation time: eight days

§  Distillation: 2x in copper pot stills

§  Final composition: Heads, hearts, and tails

§  Batch size: 80L

§  Date of distillation: February 2022

§  ABV: 52.4% ABV