Mezonte Raicilla Japo Jalisco, Mexico 2Naturkinder 2017 Dirty & Rowdy Winery

2017 Dirty & Rowdy Winery 'Unfamiliar' Red Blend

2014 Ledge Vineyards G2 Vineyard Grenache Blanc

They were making natural wine before people called it natural wine

It totally masters the art of blending by renewing the ancestral spirit and savoir-faire of the original champagnes

Monumental and dense but precisely constructed

Mezonte Raicilla Japo Jalisco, Mexico 2Naturkinder 2017 Dirty & Rowdy WineryMezonte Raicilla Japo is made with maguey Amarillo (agave Rhodacantha), which is either synonymous or very closely related to maguey Mexicano. This Raicilla is made by Hildegardo Japo Joya in Cabo Corrientes, Jalisco. Japo is 87 years old (as of 2019) and still producing regularly. Per tradition in this region, he only harvests agave under the light of a full moon.