PRIETO Y PRIETA
Prieto y Prieta Whisky is the result of an exciting collaboration between two friends. Begun in 2018, the brand is the brainchild of Txomin Alcorta and Carlos Moreno, two people with rich histories in the beverage world. Txomin, working in cooperage, originally hails from Basque country and Carlos, the founder of Mezcal Koch has been working with agave in Oaxaca for 15 years. The goal was to make a spirit highlighting the diversity of Oaxaca’s terroir outside of agave. Marrying Txomin’s knowledge of barrels and spirit maturation with Carlo’s experience in the Oaxacan landscape of spirit distillation proved to be the perfect match. Initial batches of the spirit were made for local restaurants like Criollio and Levadura de Olla in Centro before expanding production and settling on their flagship whisky made of 4 Oaxacan corn varietals aged in 3 distinct barrels.
PRODUCTS
PRIETO Y PRIETA 43% ABV
WHISKY MEXICANO DE MAIZ DE OAXACA
Prieto y Prieta Whisky is an exciting new addition to the emerging whiskies of Mexico. Made 100% from 4 types of corn sourced across Oaxaca, Prieto y Prieta contains white, red, purple, and yellow varietals endemic to the state. The corn is broken down with hammer mills and naturally fermented before being distilled twice in copper pots. The whisky is matured in a combination of Virgin French Oak, ex-bourbon, and Mexican Sherry barrels before proofing. Prieto y Prieta is non-chill filtered and made without caramel color adjustment. The vibrancy of corn is immediate on the nose, with hints of earth and palo santo. The flavor of Prieto y Prieta is a Oaxacan sunset in a glass. Full of richly textured milk chocolate, vanilla, sweet corn, and canella spice, this is an unforgettable new entrant into the spirits of Mexico.
43% ABV
750 ML
100% CORN WHISKY
COPPER POT
WELL WATER
3 YEARS
EX-BOURBON BARRELS, VIRGIN FRENCH OAK, EX-SHERRY
NON-CHILL FILTERED W/O CARMEL COLORING
MADE FROM 4 DISTINCT VARIETALS OF CORN ENDEMIC TO THE STATE OF OAXACA