Tequila Cabal Mezcal Salmiana Jaguar Head
Tequila Cabal Mezcal Salmiana Jaguar Head is desert mezcal at full strength — a joven bottled at 55% ABV (110 proof) from 14-year-old Salmiana agave grown in the deserts of San Luis Potosí. Steam-cooked for seven days in a 200-year-old brick-and-stone oven over sabine wood, double-macerated in tahona pits, fermented with pulque and double-distilled in a 200-year-old copper still. Vegetal, peppery, and fiercely agave-driven. It's available to order online at Del Mesa Liquor, San Diego, CA.
- ABV: 55% (110 proof)
- Size: per live tag 750mL — retailers list 700mL; bottle read required
- Agave: 100% Salmiana, 14 years old, San Luis Potosí desert
- Production: 7-day steam cook in 200-year-old brick/stone oven; Roman concrete double tahona; pulque fermentation; 2x copper distillation
- Style: joven mezcal — unaged, bold and vegetal
The Desert's Agave
Salmiana isn't espadín. It's a high-desert agave — massive, long-lived, and deeply vegetal — and Cabal treats it with old-school patience: a seven-day steam cook in a two-century-old oven, a double-tahona maceration through copper grates, and an open-air fermentation kicked off with pulque made from the same Salmiana. At 110 proof there's nowhere to hide, which is the point — this is one of the most expressive high-proof mezcals on the shelf. Explore more mezcal, browse Cabal, or compare high-proof spirits in the store's agave spirits shelf.
Tasting Notes
Per retailers: bright, clean and vegetal — crisp green bell pepper, fresh-cut grass, lemon peel; cooked Salmiana with olive, serrano pepper and a creamy mouthfeel; long finish of lemon zest, green poblano and elegant vegetal spice.
How to Enjoy
Neat, full stop. A drop of water opens the vegetal aromatics; anything else would bury a mezcal this alive.
Frequently Asked Questions
What agave is Cabal Jaguar Head made from?
100% Salmiana agave, about 14 years old, from the San Luis Potosí desert.
What is the ABV of Cabal Mezcal Salmiana Jaguar Head?
55% ABV (110 proof).
Is the bottle 700mL or 750mL?
The store lists 750mL but retailers report 700mL — confirm from the physical bottle.
Desert-grown, double-tahona, full strength — order Cabal Mezcal Salmiana Jaguar Head online at Del Mesa Liquor, San Diego, CA.