{"title":"Mezcalosfera","description":"\u003cp\u003eMezcalosfera is mezcal for people who want to know exactly what is in the glass and who made it. It is the export label of Mezcaloteca, the small tasting room in Oaxaca City that runs more like a library of mezcal than a bar.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMezcaloteca was founded around a simple idea: traceability and fair dealing with the maestros mezcaleros who make the spirit, many of them in remote corners of Oaxaca. Silvia Philion and Marco Ochoa are both credited as founders. Bottlings are very small batches from individual producers, and the labels are famously detailed, typically giving the agave species, the maestro and the method. Two releases are never quite alike, and that is deliberate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe range covers cultivated espadín, wild agaves such as tobalá and papalote, and destilados con, where fruit or even meat is added to the still on a final distillation, as in pechuga. Drink them neat, at room temperature, in small sips, and expect each one to taste like its agave and its maker rather than like a brand.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"mezcalosfera-mezcal-papalote-erika-meneses-oaxaca-750ml","title":"Mezcalosfera, Papalote Mezcal (Erika Meneses)","description":"\u003cp\u003ePapalote is a wild agave, which means nobody planted it and nobody can hurry it. Agave cupreata grows on rocky hillsides and gets harvested when it is ready rather than when anyone would like it to be, so every bottle of it is a small act of patience. Erika Meneses distilled this one, and Mezcalosfera says so right on the label, along with the agave and the method, because that is the entire ethos of the project. Wild agave tends to speak in a different register than cultivated espadin: more floral, more stony, less sweetly smoky. Expect roasted agave, herbs, wet rock and a bright, high-toned finish that lingers. Room temperature, copita, no ice and no lime. This one is for sipping and paying attention.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Coeur Wines (T. Elen) [COE]","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45756038774841,"sku":"NYC-COE-`CWMMFPEM`-042726-2","price":114.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0125\/1518\/0601\/files\/Mezcalosfera-Papalote-Mezcal-Erika-Meneses-Spirit-Flatiron-Wines-Spirits-New-York.jpg?v=1777560447"},{"product_id":"mezcalosfera-mezcal-espadin-distilled-with-mango-and-chile-habanero-750ml","title":"Mezcalosfera, Espadin Mezcal Distilled with Mango and Habanero","description":"\u003cp\u003eYes, there is habanero in here. No, it will not wreck you. Mezcalosfera is the bottling project of Oaxaca's Mezcaloteca, and the whole point is radical transparency: the agave, the maestro, the still, all on the label, no romantic fog. This one takes an espadin and runs it again with mango and habanero in the pot, a nod to the old destilado con tradition where whatever is ripe and local goes into the still. The fruit reads as perfume more than sweetness, and the chile arrives late, a warm prickle rather than a burn, sitting underneath the smoke. Drink it neat at room temperature in a copita and take small sips. It will also make a cocktail misbehave in the most useful way.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Coeur Wines (T. 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Mezcalosfera bottles it with its usual obsessive disclosure, so you know the agave, the maestro and the method rather than a marketing story. Serve it neat, small pours, no ice. This is a mezcal for occasions and for people who want to know what a still is actually capable of.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Coeur Wines (T. Elen) [COE]","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45756039856185,"sku":"NYC-COE-`CWMMFESF`-042726-5","price":95.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0125\/1518\/0601\/files\/Mezcalosfera-Espadin-Mezcal-Distilled-with-Sheep-and-Fruits-Spirit-Flatiron-Wines-Spirits-New-York.jpg?v=1777560451"}],"url":"https:\/\/nyc.flatiron-wines.com\/collections\/mezcalosfera.oembed","provider":"Flatiron Wines \u0026 Spirits NYC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}