Pal’alma is the export brand for Alma Mezcalera, the bottling label from Mexico City’s notorious “Indiana Jones of Agave”, Erick Rodriguez. Equal parts historian and adventurer, Erick travels to remote production sites all over Mexico sourcing unique agave distillates.

Bell peppers and fresh leather on the nose are bolstered on the palate by the creamy lactic notes for which Salmiana is famous, and a racy edge the that reminds us it was distilled using sharp, light pulque. The finish brings us cracked peppercorns wrapped in cool, clean linen and a hint of pine.