Mezcal Mil Matas
A small 100% agave artisanal mezcal label from the Sierra Sur of Oaxaca whose footprint is almost entirely on social media, with no entry on the major review sites and very little independent documentation.
At a glance
Mezcal Mil Matas is a small artisanal mezcal label from the Sierra Sur, the southern mountains of Oaxaca. By its own account it is a 100% agave mezcal, and the expression we could confirm is made from espadín (Agave angustifolia), the cultivated agave behind most Oaxacan spirits.
The label lives almost entirely on social media. It has no entry on the major mezcal review sites and is not carried by the importers who usually generate independent write-ups, so the public record is thin. This page reports what the label states about itself and is clear about where verification runs out.
What can and cannot be verified
Mil Matas maintains an active Instagram and Facebook presence and describes its mezcal as 100% artisanal espadín from the Sierra Sur of Oaxaca. That self-description is consistent across its own channels and is the firmest thing on the record. A label is sometimes reported to also offer wild and semi-wild agaves such as tobalá, tepeztate, and cuish, but we could not independently confirm those expressions, so this page does not present them as established.
Low confidenceLow confidence: information here is partial, based on limited sources, or has not yet been cross-checked. Read with caution and treat specific facts as provisional.This site could not independently verify a founding year, the name of the maestro mezcalero, the specific village or palenquePalenque: the small rural workshop, mostly in Oaxaca, where mezcal is roasted, fermented, and distilled in the traditional way. where the mezcal is distilled, or the full agave range beyond the espadín the label confirms. The "100% agave" and "artisanal" descriptions are the label's own claims rather than facts checked against a third-party certification or review. Treat this entry as a short, honest placeholder rather than a complete profile.Where Mil Matas sits
Mil Matas is one of countless small Oaxacan mezcal labels that reach drinkers directly, through markets, word of mouth, and social media, without ever passing through the importers and review sites that build a documented public profile. The category is full of them, and most are genuine traditional mezcal even when almost nothing about them is written down. The useful contrast for a reader is a heavily documented Sierra Sur project like NETA, which publishes the village, the producers, and the methods behind each bottle: the gap between what NETA discloses and what is knowable about Mil Matas is exactly the gap this page is being honest about.
See also
Mezcal
Mexico's broadest agave-spirit category. Distilled from dozens of agave species across thirteen denominated states, governed by NOM-070-SCFI-2016 and protected as a Denomination of Origin since 1994. Produced in three legal classes (Mezcal, Mezcal Artesanal, Mezcal Ancestral) and required by law to be 100% agave.
NETA
An independent Oaxaca house that commercializes single-batch agave spirits from more than twenty small family producers around the village of Logoche, in the Sierra Sur near Miahuatlán, and labels them "agave spirits" rather than mezcal by deliberate choice.