Puntiagudo Rolando Angeles Barril Ancestral Mezcal
Puntiagudo Rolando Angeles Barril Ancestral Mezcal (batch RA-BAR-04) is an ancestral mezcal from Maestro Rolando Angeles of Santa Catarina Minas, Oaxaca — made from Barril (Agave karwinskii) over ten years old, double-distilled in a clay pot still, rested more than five years in glass, and bottled at 48.9% ABV in a 750mL bottle. Just 92 bottles were produced. Discover more long-rested bottles in our mezcal collection.
- Style: Mezcal Ancestral, Barril (Agave karwinskii)
- ABV: 48.9% (97.8 proof)
- Size: 750mL
- Producer: Rolando Angeles for Puntiagudo
- Region: Santa Catarina Minas, Oaxaca, Mexico (agave from San Agustín Amatengo)
Five Years in Glass
This Barril was made from Agave karwinskii harvested in San Agustín Amatengo — semi-cultivated magueyes over ten years old, with the concentration and depth only long-aged plants give. It was one of the first mezcals produced in collaboration with Sixto Martínez of Amatengo: 2,013 kg of agave harvested on April 20, 2021, roasted for six days in a conical earthen oven fed with guamuchil and copal, crushed by hand with machete and wooden mallets, fermented naturally for six days in 1,000-liter oak vats with well water, and double-distilled on May 1, 2021 in a clay pot — Rolando works with both 80- and 100-liter pots — yielding 141 liters.
Of that run, 54 liters were set aside to rest in glass for more than five years before bottling on September 25, 2026. Santa Catarina Minas is one of the few places in Oaxaca where distillation is still done in small clay pots, traditionally with a carrizo (reed) condenser; the clay heats slowly and gently, giving spirits a mineral, earthy character — wet clay, rounded body, silky mouthfeel — that defines the village style you'll also find in the Del Maguey Single Village Mezcal Minero and across Puntiagudo's range, including the Puntiagudo Nazario Salas Pulquero Mapisaga Mezcal.
Tasting Notes
A mineral spirit with hints of green fruit and the sweetness of cooked maguey, with a rich, polished texture. Despite sitting at nearly 49% ABV, it drinks with surprising softness — no harshness, just a calm, silky texture that lets the maguey and the clay speak clearly.
How to Enjoy
Sip neat from a copita, slowly. Bottles this small in number belong with collectors of ancestral mezcal — browse the rest of the mezcal tequila collection for stablemates from Minas and beyond.
FAQ
How many bottles were made? 92 bottles of 750mL, from 54 liters rested in glass for over five years.
What does glass resting do? Time in glass (never wood) softens and integrates the spirit without adding oak flavor, preserving the agave and clay-pot character.
Who makes it? Maestro Rolando Angeles of Santa Catarina Minas, Oaxaca, bottled by Puntiagudo and imported by PM Spirits.
This bottle is available to order online at Del Mesa Liquor, with nationwide shipping where legal.