Mezcal Legendario Domingo - Durango Cenizo
Region: Nombre de Dios, Durango
Maestro Mezcalero: Familia Colon
Agave: Cenizo (scientific Durangensis)
Harvest: 10-12 years
Cooking: 4-5 days in underground conical ovens ignited with mesquite, oak, and huisache woods Crushing: Mechanical Wheel (traditional in region)
Fermentation: Natural fo 6-8 days with indigenous yeast and fresh spring water underground in oquedades hallows made of wood
Distillation: Double-distilled in Arabic Alembic copper and stainless steel still, 300 liters
Resting Period: Typically 30-45 days prior to bottling
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Brand Story
Mezcal Legendario Domingo was founded in 2012 by Julian Saenger. Born and raised in Mexico, Julian has always had tremendous love and respect for the art of mezcal production, often finding ways to delve into production, marketing, brand launches and general support of the category throughout Mexico. When he finally found the opportunity to create a brand of his own through partnership with the Velasco family, he chose to center the brand design around a recurring feeling he experienced through his journey in mezcal: celebration.
"Legendario Domingo appears in the middle of festivity, color and celebrations of each of its places of origin.The Sundays (Domingos) that are lived in a different way, as an opportunity for celebrating traditions, festivities and mixing reality with fantasy. The joy of each region makes an ordinary Sunday into a Legendary Sunday (Legendario Domingo)."
Production Methods
Through its various labels, designed in Papel Picado, Legendario Domingo highlights different mezcal producing regions of Mexico, demonstrating exemplary distillation tradition from each region and emphasizing the differences in terroir.
The mezcals Legendario Domingo produces are Palenque and regional designates (similar to vineyard designates in wine), purposefully emphasizing each region by accenting the terroir and capturing the agave varietal character, aromas, flavors and mouthfeel that wild fermentation and artisanal production afford.