Mezcal: Sin Gusano Cucharillo & Espadin Amatlan | 500ML

Sin Gusanos founder Jon Darby extensively travels across Mexico, engaging with various mezcal producers and curating a continuously evolving series of limited releases featuring the most exquisite and diverse agave spirits.

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Size: 500ML

Proof: 93.6 (46.8%ABV)

Origin: Mexico

Distillery: Sin Gusano

Sin Gusanos founder Jon Darby extensively travels across Mexico, engaging with various mezcal producers and curating a continuously evolving series of limited releases featuring the most exquisite and diverse agave spirits. In this specific release, Cucharillo is showcased, distinctively not an agave but rather a dasylirion species. This plant has a rich tradition of distillation in northern Mexico, recognized locally as Sotol.

Sin Gusano Cucharillo & Espadin Amatlan | 500ML Tasting Notes

Nose: Rich and delicate nose.

Palate: The palate is very powerful and complex. Smooth texture.

Finish: Perfect, long lasting finish.

Distillery Information

After a career in finance, Jon Darby took a break to Mexico in 2016. There he was introduced to mezcal, called his boss from the beach, and quit his job. He spent the next three months hiring cars, knocking on doors, and asking around in search of small-batch mezcal to enjoy. When he returned, he thought hed go to Londons mezcal bars. When he found that was easier said than done, he exploited this gap in the market and turned this passion into his own brand: Sin Gusano. It means without worm in Spanish, a knowing nod to the outdated perception that mezcal is just rough tequila with a worm in the bottle. He would bottle some of the family-made spirits he tasted and leave behind the gimmicks and slick marketing. Darby set up a subscription service called the Mezcal Appreciation Society, which fills the gap of a place where people can engage and get to know the product better. This is not a typical brand, so education is key. Darby also donates 10% of UK profits back to Mexican charities. The Sin Gusano range is a tremendous example of the terroir that exists with agave-based spirits. Its all about agave species and regional varieties. Three Espadns made in three different places taste completely different. So you wont see two bottles of Sin Gusano that are the same. Or that can be bottled as mezcal often as theyre such small batches that are not from registered distilleries. Dont underestimate the flavour though, this is a brand that offers a window into an exciting and often inaccessible world.