Independent bottler
Sotoleros
Sotoleros is a project/brand that selects and bottles micro-lots of traditional distillates from northern Mexico, with particular focus on sotol and lechuguilla from the state of Chihuahua. Releases are generally numbered by lot and come from small local producers.
- Chihuahua · Mexico
The story
Sotoleros was born as a project after the dissolution of the small cooperative brand Clande; the return to the field of co-founder Ricardo led to the creation of Sotoleros, whose first commercial presence was recorded in early 2021. The brand has established itself by selecting and exporting micro-lots produced by sotoleros and local masters from Chihuahua.
Production philosophy
To highlight the distillation traditions of northern Mexico by valorizing local producers and micro-lots, preserving artisanal methods and the territorial specificities of sotol and lechuguilla.
Territory
State of Chihuahua, Mexico (northern Mexico).
Production method
Sotoleros does not declare a proprietary process (as a brand/bottler): the project buys micro-lots from small local producers who adopt traditional methods such as harvesting wild plants, underground cooking or in traditional ovens, natural fermentations in wooden vats and distillations in small copper stills; many bottles are the result of double distillation carried out by the individual producers.
Distillation
Distillation in small copper stills (pot still) carried out by individual producers; frequently double distillation.
Ageing
Mainly unaged (joven); releases are mostly young micro-lots.
Characteristics
- Type
- Independent bottler
- Categories
- sotol
- agave distillates (lechuguilla)
- independent bottler
- traditional micro-lots
- spirits from Chihuahua
- Raw materials
- Dasylirion (sotol plants)
- Agave (lechuguilla and other wild species such as Angustifolia, Shrevei)
- Representative products
- Lechuguilla Lupe Lot 2 70cl - Sotoleros
- Lechuguilla Romel Lot 6 70cl - Sotoleros
- Lechuguilla Tavi Lot 8 70cl - Sotoleros
- Sotol Bienvenido Esamble Lot 4 70cl - Sotoleros
- Sotol Nando y Lalo Lot 10 70cl - Sotoleros
- Sotol paco y Salomon Lot 9 70cl - Sotoleros
What makes it distinctive
- Selection and bottling of micro-lots from sotoleros and local producers in Chihuahua.
- Range includes sotol, lechuguilla and ensambles (blends of dasylirion and agave).
- Historical/operational links with the Clande project and Ricardo's work in the category.
Products from Sotoleros
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