Tradición Chagoya - Donaji Mexicano
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CATEGORY: Young/Joven.TYPE OF AGAVE: Mexicano (rhodocantha trell), Wild Agave.MASTER PALENQUERO: Alberto Ortíz.ZONE: La Pila, Miahuatlán de Porfirio Díaz, Oaxaca, MX.CONTENT: Bottled in origin in a bottle of 750 ml.
SIGHT: Crystalline and an intense shine.SMELL: Fresh herbal note, cooked maguey citric and sweet at the end.TASTE: Herbal, lightly astringent with a prolonged aftertaste, cooked maguey, prolonged citric fruits.
100% AGAVEALCOHOLIC GRADE: 47%OVEN: Underground conical river rock oven.GRINDING: Wooden mallet.FERMENTATION: In wooden cyprus tubs (árbol ahuehuete mexicano).DISTILLATION: Double distillation in copper still.STABILITY: According to the standards of quality of Tradition Chagoya.
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Oaxaca was dominated by a group of noble natives belonging to the Zapotec and Mixtec cultures. King Cosijoeza, ruler of the city of Zaachila, had a daughter to whom he gave the name of “Donají” meaning “grand soul”. The Mixtecs and Zapotecs had a series of violent disputes, causing the Mixtecs to take revenge of the King by sacrificing his daughter, the Princess Donají, she was laid to rest near theAtoyac river.
It is said that years later when her body was found, it was still in perfect condition, and from her head beautiful species of wild lilies had grown, this image was immediately converted to be the symbol of the Zapotec town.