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Tuxca
Tuxca is an agave distillate from the Tuxcacuesco region on the Colima–Jalisco border, typically blending cultivated and wild agaves.
Named after Tuxcacuesco, tuxca is made in a handful of tabernas straddling the Colima and Jalisco border. Families often blend angustifolia with wild highland agaves in a single batch.
Fermentation runs long and open, and distillation often happens in hybrid Filipino-style stills with wooden bodies and copper condensers.
The profile is rustic and savoury: cooked agave, brine, smoke and dried herbs.
Tuxca bottles in the catalogue
Indio Alonso
Indio Alonso Tuxca Cimarron / Salmiana
Angustifolia · Jalisco
3.6(42)
Siete Pozos
Siete Pozos Tuxca Ixteco Amarillo / Lineño
Angustifolia · Jalisco
3.6(42)
Perempitz Tuxca
Perempitz Tuxca Ixtero Amarillo
Rhodacantha · Jalisco
3.6(42)
Balancan
Balancan Tuxca
Angustifolia · Jalisco
3.6(42)
Insecto Tuxca
Insecto Tuxca Lineño + Ixteco Amarillo
Angustifolia · Jalisco
3.5(42)
Frequently asked
- Where is tuxca made?
- In and around Tuxcacuesco and neighbouring towns on the Colima–Jalisco border.
- Can tuxca be sold as mezcal?
- Colima sits outside much of the denomination, so most tuxca is exported as destilado de agave.