Producer wine
Batuq

COUNTRY :
Mexico

REGION :
Sonora

PRODUCTION :

Rafael Encinas Molina and sons

Batuq Bacanora is following 300 years of culture and tradition, and is made on the family ranch near San Pedro de la Cueva, where Rafael Encinas Molina and his sons continue more than four generations of tradition. Rafael Quijada is the Maestro Vinatero. Batuq Bacanora celebrates the families origin from the small town of Batuc, founded in 1629 near the Yaqui River, but inundated when the river was damned in the 1960’s.

CUVÉES
Wine

Bacanora “Reserva de la Casa”

Type: Blanco
Master Distiller: Rafael Quijada
Agave: Yaquina (Pacifica)
State: Sonora
Process: castrated agave, grown for 10 to 20 years, cooked in Malla rock pit for 48 hours
Fermentation: with natural yeasts for about 7 days
Distillation:  in  wood fired copper still
Resting: 2 months in stainless steel tanks
ABV: 50%

Wine

Bacanora Blanco

Type: Blanco
Master Distiller: Rafael Quijada
Agave: Yaquina (Pacifica)
State: Sonora
Process: Cooked in Malla rock pit for 48 hours
Fermentation: with natural yeasts for about 7 days
Distillation:  in  wood fired copper still
Resting: 2 months in stainless steel tanks
ABV: 44%