Salvadores Mezcal Tasting This Saturday!
Exploring Ancestral Terroirs: Salvadores Mezcal Tasting This Saturday!
Agave enthusiasts, mark your calendars. We are kicking off the weekend with an incredible afternoon of exploration, heritage, and deeply complex flavors. Whether you are a seasoned connoisseur or just beginning to explore the vast world of traditional agave spirits, this is a lineup you won't want to miss.
Event Details
- What: Salvadores Mezcal Tasting
- Where: SF Tequila Shop, 801 Cortland Ave, San Francisco, CA
- When: Saturday, June 27th, from 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Honoring Oaxacan Heritage: The Story of Salvadores
Salvadores Mezcal is a beautiful testament to family tradition spanning generations. Rooted deeply in the community of Tlacolula de Matamoros, Oaxaca, the brand's history dates back to the early 1900s when the current producer's great-grandfather first began crafting spirit from local maguey.
Over generations of meticulous knowledge transfer, the family built their modern Casa Palacios Destilería in 2019 and officially registered the Salvadores brand in 2020 to bring their ancestral methods to the global stage. Every bottle represents a dedication to preserving the craft through high-quality, artisanal production methods.
Traditional Production Methods
What makes Salvadores stand out on the shelf is their uncompromising commitment to time-honored, rustic techniques that highlight the true essence of the plant and its environment:
- Cooking: Agave hearts (piñas) are roasted slowly in traditional earthen conic pits to develop a rich, complex smokiness.
- Crushing: The cooked agave is crushed using a traditional heavy tahona stone wheel.
- Fermentation: Wild fermentation takes place naturally in open-air wooden tubs.
- Distillation: The mash undergoes a careful double distillation process in traditional copper alembic stills to refine the spirit while locking in delicate aromas.
What We're Pouring
While the complete lineup always holds a few surprises, expect to taste expressions that showcase the incredible diversity of the Salvadores portfolio, including:
- Espadín Joven: A perfect introduction to the brand's craftsmanship. Crisp and remarkably smooth, it features bright platinum tones, distinctive hints of cinnamon, citrus rind, and anise, balanced perfectly by a clean, lingering finish of cooked agave.
- Tepeztate Joven: A wild agave expression that is sparkling and crystalline, exploding with intense herbal, floral, and green pepper notes balanced by a tropical, creamy finish.
- Destilados con Frutas & Herbs: Salvadores is also highly regarded for its unique small-batch distillations using native ingredients, such as its vibrant Hierba Santa, its comforting Espadín Elote (evoking freshly baked corn cake), and its seasonal Cempasúchil (marigold) expressions.
Join Us on Cortland Avenue
Stop by the shop to meet fellow agave lovers, chat about traditional production styles, and find your next favorite bottle under the guidance of the SF Tequila Shop team. There’s no better way to spend a Saturday afternoon in Bernal Heights than savoring the rich, diverse terroirs of Oaxaca.
Salud, and see you this Saturday!
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Please note: Complimentary tastings are available only to guests aged 21 and over.