Single-source mezcal · Oaxaca, Mexico
Three generations in Oaxaca. No industrial machines. Las Vegas Platinum 96/100 · San Francisco Double Gold.
Recognized by the people who judge mezcal for a living
The Mezcals
Each varietal is distilled from a single agave, roasted in an earthen pit and crushed by tahona — the way it has been done for three generations in our village in Oaxaca.
Agave potatorum · wild
Award-winning
Best Mezcal — Las Vegas Platinum 96/100
Agave angustifolia · cultivated
Award-winning
The everyday classic — the bartender's pour
Agave karwinskii · 18 years to maturity
Award-winning
Eighteen years in the field before the fire
Agave marmorata · wild, 25+ years
Award-winning
The rarest pour — decades in the making
Heritage
Mr. Mezcal is a family — a founder, his brothers, and a maestro mezcalero in Oaxaca whose hands have made mezcal for decades. The operation is small on purpose. That is the advantage, not the weakness: when you pour Mr. Mezcal, you are pouring something a family stands behind by name.
One family in one Oaxacan village. The maestro mezcalero learned from his father, who learned from his. Nothing about this is outsourced.
Every bottle traces to our own palenque and our own agave. No blending plants, no buying juice on the open market, no industrial diffusers.
Agave roasted underground over wood and stone, crushed by tahona, fermented in open wood, twice-distilled in copper. Patience is the only machine.
Listen
Tres Generaciones
A song for the family
Fuego
Slow burn from Oaxaca
Los maestros mezcaleros
Rodolfo · Silverio · Temo
Oaxaca
Where to Buy
Mr. Mezcal ships from select online retailers across the U.S. Pick a store below — they deliver straight to you, where the law allows.
Questions
What bar buyers and connoisseurs ask us most.
Mr. Mezcal is a family-owned, single-source mezcal from Santiago Matatlán, Oaxaca. Three generations of the same family make it by hand — no industrial machines, no blending plants, no buying juice on the open market.
Best Mezcal — Platinum 96/100 at the Las Vegas Global Spirit Awards; Double Gold at the 2023 San Francisco World Spirits Competition; Best Mezcal and Best in Show at the 2020 L.A. Spirits Awards; and Platinum at the 2024 SIP Awards. Featured twice in Forbes.
Old Town Tequila, Blackwell's Wines & Spirits, Goto Liquor Store, and A1 Wine & Spirit ship across the United States where the law allows. Links live on mrmezcal.com under Where to Buy.
Right now, in select bars and restaurants in St. Louis, with new placements added weekly. Join La Lista Privada and we'll tell you when Mr. Mezcal lands in your city.
Four single-agave expressions: Tobalá (Agave potatorum, wild), Espadín (Agave angustifolia, cultivated), Cuishe (Agave karwinskii, 18-year maturity), and Tepeztate (Agave marmorata, wild, 25+ years).
Agave is roasted in an earthen pit over wood and stone, crushed by tahona, fermented in open wood, and twice-distilled in copper. By hand, by the same family in Santiago Matatlán, Oaxaca, for three generations.
Yes. Request a free sample bottle through the For Buyers page on mrmezcal.com. Victor Gutierrez, the founder, replies within 24 hours.
La Lista Privada
Mr. Mezcal is poured by invitation, bar by bar. Join the private list and we'll let you know the moment a bar near you starts pouring — and which cocktail to order first. Every name on this list tells us where the demand is.
Desde Oaxaca
Quiet, hand-made, from people you can name. A few frames from home.
