Rey Campero Tepextate Mezcal Retailer:49 Gran Centenario Leyenda is a

Gran Centenario Leyenda is a tribute to timeless artistry

The year was 2000 when John Glaser started the Compass Box Whisky Company in his kitchen

and subtly spicy

every once in a while a special barrel presents itself and is set aside for extra aging

Rey Campero Tepextate Mezcal Retailer:49 Gran Centenario Leyenda is aOne of the best Tepextate Mezcals you could find. Rey Campero (meaning King of the Countryside) is made by Rmulo Snchez Parada in Candeleria Yegloe, a tiny village of 150 people in the mountains of southern Oaxaca. Rmulo learned to make Mezcal from his father and grandfather but the familys roots in Mezcal go back to his great grandmother Clara Manzano Rios who built the familys palenque in 1870 and began distilling with her husband Nicolas Sanchez.