AGAVE AMERICAN

AGAVE AMERICANA IS THE LARGEST AND MOST MAJESTIC OF ALL THE AGAVE FAMILY. GROWING 8-10 FT IN BOTH HEIGHT AND WIDTH, THIS AGAVE IS CHARACTERIZED BY ITS BLUE-GREY LEAVES AND LONG LIFE. TAKING UP TO 15-20 YEARS TO REACH MATURITY, THIS VARIETY OF AGAVE IS NOT FOR THE IMPATIENT MEZCALERO. AGAVE AMERICANA IS ACTUALLY PROGENITOR TO IT'S MORE FAMOUS OAXACAN COUSIN, THE ARROQUENO, AN UNCOMMON AND HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER MEZCAL. THE U.S. VERSION OF THIS SPECIES PRODUCES A SPIRIT OF EXCELLENT QUALITY WITH TRUE DEPTH OF FLAVOR.

HENRY GARCIA IS A SECOND GENERATION AGAVE FARMER OUT OF WOODLAND, CALIFORNIA. 25 YEARS AGO HIS FATHER BEGAN PLANTING AGAVE AMERICANA WITH THE VISION THAT ONE DAY THE MAGIC OF THESE PLANTS WOULD ENSNARE OTHERS. NOW, HIS VISION HAS COM E TO FRUITION. JANO SPIRITS IS PROUD TO HAVE PARTNERED WITH HENRY TO TURN THESE MAJESTIC PLANTS INTO A SPIRIT THAT EXPRESSES THE PLACE AND HISTORY OF THE FARM. LOCATED IN THE NORTHERN CENTRAL VALLEY, GARCIA FARMS RESTS AT 200FT ELEVATION ON HEAVY CLAY SOILS. THE GENTLE SLOPE TO THE FIELD ALLOWS FOR EXCESS WATER RUN OFF, AND THE SOUTHEAST ASPECT OF THE FARM PROTECTS THE PLANTS FROM THE BRUTAL LATE DAY HEAT DURING THE SUMMERS. THERE IS A DISTINCT CHALKINESS OR DUST THAT COMES THROUGH IN THE SPIRIT THAT CAN ONLY BE ATTRIBUTED TO THE SUNBAKED, IRON-RICH CLAY THESE AGAVES PULL THEIR NUTRIENTS FROM .

• HAND HARVESTED WITH COAS AND ACHAS

• FIRE PIT ROASTED FOR 6 DAYS IN A VOLCANIC ROCK LINED EARTHEN PIT

• COOKED OVER BED OF NUT ORCHARD WOOD AND USED FRENCH OAK WINE BARREL STAVES

• FERMENTED FOR TWO WEEKS IN OPEN TOP VATS

• DOUBLE DISTILLED IN COPPER POTS 20 CASES PRODUCED PER BATCH