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Kuna Panama is tradition at its best, the 8 year old rum uses dry season Panamanian, freshly squeezed and distilled sugar cane, placed in ex_bourbon oak barrels for ageing. Light gold in colour. Rich texture, full of dried red fruits. Drier nose, floral with sustained vanilla and caramel. Hint of red wine barrel ageing. Warm toffee and caramel front palate, floral notes of vanilla and apple blossum. Leather notes, matured red wine finish. Gift boxed.

ENSAMBLE (SIPPING) Mezcal made from 100% agave, with the best varieties from Mexico, which are: Agave Espadin (A. Angustifolia), Agave Tobala (A. Potatorum), Agave Cuishe (A. Karwinskii). Method: Craftsman made Category: Young, white Alcoholic content: 42% Cooking: Volcanic stone oven Distillation: double, with Copper Mills. Tubs: Sweet Wood. Fermentation: Wild. AROMA When you first breathe it in, it leaves a sweet flowery scent with mineral hints followed by a soft smoky note just as a good mezcal made in a craftsmen’s volcanic stone oven would. TASTE Fresh and herbal, with a soft, sophisticated touch of honey in the aftertaste. PAIRINGS Trascendente Blended White is a special Mezcal due to the fact that it pairs extremely well with any type of food and, in particular, seafood. Trascendente Blended White is great paired even with desserts; it is best accompanied by pieces of chocolate or with citric fruits ice-cream. Made in: Oaxaca, Mexico.

38% Abv, 750mL La Dama is the largest sustainable blue agave grower in the world. This Reposado Tequila is made from 100% agave, Aged 3 months, organically grown in the highlands of Los Altos. Each artisanal, diamond-shaped bottle is created from “useless, forgotten scraps” of recycled glass. Each Special Edition Gift Box is made from the exhausted agave fibre left over from Tequila production. What was seen as wastage, is given a new, beautiful life. La Dama is committed to aiding the local community: paying the highest industry wages, and donating educational resources to local schools with each bottle sold.

Nose: green pepper, vegetal Palate: green pepper, nuts and cream Finish: peppercorn, sweetness and citrus

This is perhaps the most reserved and yet aromatically complex of all the Quiquiriqui Mezcals, with a bright and perfumed, almost floral intensity, followed by sweet metallic notes, and some lingering fruitiness in the background. The palate is bolder, with meaty cured charcuterie characters and buttery sweetness, ahead of an almost ferrous zing and delicate wood smoke. The texture is supremely silky and slippery, coating the tongue before sliding away and leaving a finish abounding with classic Mezcal minerality.

Mezcal de Pechuga is made when a finished Mezcal is re-distilled with local fruits, grains and nuts, and a raw piece of protein (typically a chicken) is hung over the still to cook in the vapours. Traditionally, this style of Mezcal is produced for special occasions and consumed locally, and there are as many different versions as there are distilleries. QQRQ’s version trades the poultry for a homemade vegetarian mole paste, made to a traditional family recipe. Crafted by Carlos Méndez at his palenque in Santiago Matatlán, this Pechuga uses the QQRQ Espadín agave as its base. Following the second distillation, the mole paste is added and the spirit is rested to infuse for two weeks before the final, third distillation.

Don’t be tricked into thinking this has any similarity to a Patron Café or Kahlua. This is unmistakably Mezcal, but here there is a beautiful balance between minerality and smoke, hints almost of oak-aged characters of chocolate and caramel, plus that fresh coffee citrus/sourness. After a deceptively dry nose, the palate its creamy and round, viscous, silky and sweet. There’s a great balance of bitterness on the finish so it doesn't cloy. Incredibly long, there are café nuances but they are very, very subtle, lending an almost woody/spicy profile rather than brash primary coffee flavours.