Gusto Historico – Juan Vasquez – Tepextante Y Jabali – Destilado de Agave (49% ABV)

GUSTO HISTORICO: Is a new brand excitedly introduced into the USA early 2021, which showcases several old and very well respected Maestros Mezcaleros whose names are well recognized for the quality of their mezcales or in this case “destilados de agave”. Gusto Historico ( or “Historic Taste”) is in fact the new project from Marco Ochoa, co-founder and former owner of Mezcaloteca. The concept behind Gusto Historico is simple: that is to focus on the historic taste and aromas in mezcales based on the communities where they are produced using the traditional distillation techniques of those communities. These destilados will be made in the traditional way, which means that the majority of them will be field blends…with a few exceptions such as, Arroqueno, which for special occasions was done as a single agave production or otherwise simply when it is considered a unique agave by the maestro.

Upon launching, the two main Maestros Mezcaleros for Gusto Historico are Victor Ramos and Emanuel Ramos (father and son) from Mengoli, Miahuatlan. Their destilados will be made in the way that they have always made them – in their copper pot stills with refrescadera (think single distilled with two condensations in a single pass). Gusto Historico will also debut many other prestigious maestros from Miahuatlan (Juan Vázquez, Juan García, Eusebio Santos, etc) and as the brand delevops we will see destilados from other communities like Ejutla (Virgilio Velasco). Where Marco takes this project, given he is one of the true pioneers in sourcing rural and small batch productions from all over, is truly going to be a delicious and explosive spectacle to behold.