Mezcal Vago Ensamble en Barro Tio Rey (700ml / 49.5%) Reposado and the upper montera is

and the upper montera is an upside down cone made of wooden staves held together by metal rings (like a conical wooden barrel open at the large bottom end and closed with a barrel end at the top)

A pleasant agave body with mild hints of earth smoke and spice

pineapple pudding

clear spirit

Mezcal Vago Ensamble en Barro Tio Rey (700ml / 49.5%) Reposado and the upper montera isVago Ensamble de Barro is from Sola de Vega is an Ancestral mezcal made using hand maceration and clay pot distillation. It has a soft bouquet of pine needles and fertile earth. Its full body has an essence of charred cinnamon and finishes with notes of pumpkin and chestnuts. Each release of this bottle has drastic differences in the percentages of each type of agave that is used. A Vago Ensamble de Barro from 2015 could be significantly different