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Donají

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Donají is a mezcal brand marketed by the Tradición Chagoya family/company (Oaxaca, Mexico). The range includes expressions produced with traditional methods (including distillation in olla de barro) and 'Ensamble' versions made from combinations of agaves such as Espadín and Cuishe.
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Producer range

Producer range Donají

Spirit categories

mezcal ancestral mezcal artisanal mezcal mezcal Olla de Barro mezcal Ensamble

Representative products

Mezcal Donají Olla de Barro (Donaji Barro) 70cl Mezcal Donají Ensamble 70cl

Raw materials

agave (Espadín) agave (Cuishe)
Distillation and production

Distillation and production

Production method

Traditional oven (hornos) cooking, manual milling with mazo/mazos (magrai/mazzu), fermentation in vats (often wood), and small-batch distillation using olla de barro (clay pots/vessels). Some bottlings are indicated as double-distilled.

Distillation

Double distillation in olla de barro (clay vessels), reported as the method used for some expressions.

Ageing

Unaged / Joven or ancestral (the main reported labels fall into the Joven/Ancestral category).

Producer history Donají

Donají is a label linked to the producer Tradición Chagoya, a family mezcal brand rooted in Oaxaca. Commercial and informational sources connect Donají bottles to Tradición Chagoya's mezcal tradition, a family project reported to have been active since 1897.

Production philosophy

To valorize ancestral and artisanal mezcal-making techniques — underground oven cooking, traditional fermentation and distillation in olla de barro — in order to express the characteristics of the territory and the agave varieties used.

Territory

Oaxaca, Mexico (products refer to areas such as Sola de Vega and zones of the Tlacolula / Miahuatlán districts depending on the expression).

Awards and recognitions

Donají Espadín (Tradición Chagoya) — gold medal in the Top 99 Mezcales CAVA 2024 ranking (reported by industry press).

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