[1] A special holiday treat: Sip artisan mezcal with bites of artisan chocolate (photos © Pernod Ricard).

[2] If you live in a warm climate, enjoy your mezcal and chocolate pairings outdoors.

[3] Mix your favorite mezcal cocktails with the rest of the bottle. Check out the recipes on the Del Maguey website.

[4] Here are four of the 10 unique expressions of Del Maguey mezcal. Each expression is crafted in artisanal or methods and presents its own unique flavor profile.

Here’s a very special holiday gift for an epicure who loves both fine chocolate and fine mezcal.

Del Maguey, the leading Mezcal brand in the U.S., and one of our favorite gourmet chocolatiers, MarieBelle, have teamed up to create a box of cocktail-inspired mezcal-infused chocolates.

The first-of-its-kind, the limited-edition MarieBelle x Del Maguey VIDA Puebla chocolate cocktail box features seven cocktail-inspired flavors, all twists on bar classics.

The chocolates are made in flavors that include Mai Tai, Mezcal Last Word, Negroni, Puebla Margarita, Puebla Old Fashioned Puebla Paloma, and Vida Carajillo.

These boozy chocolates have a slight A.B.V.*, so you’ll be able to taste rich mezcal flavor in each bite.

And each bite will transport you to Puebla, where mezcal and chocolate are among the most traditional delicacies.

Food Trivia: Both chocolate and mezcal are native to Central America.
 
 
> The difference between mezcal and tequila.

> The history of mezcal.

> The history of chocolate.
 
 
ABOUT DEL MAGUEY VIDA MEZCAL

Del Maguey VIDA Puebla San Luis Del Rio is an artisanal, organic mezcal from the single village of Puebla.

VIDA Puebla shines with its Single Village® taste of place (terroir): a gentle minerality from volcanic soil and notes of roasted agave, white peach, and candied pine.

Del Maguey (pronounced ma–GAY), Single Village Mezcal was founded in 1995 as the first 100% certified organic, artisanal mezcal.

Through deep cultural relationships with Zapotec Mexican Indian producers in the remote villages of Oaxaca, Mexico, Del Maguey’s tequila is made with ancient, implicitly organic processes.

Combining these methods with varying micro-climates and terroir gives each of Del Maguey’s 10 expressions its own unique, rich, sweet, and smoky character.

Every expression in the Del Maguey collection is made by individual family palenqueros (producers) in old-style villages.

The brand is the first producer to credit each product after the village where the mezcal is made.

There is no city called mezcal, by the way—hence, the opportunity to create Single Village expressions. More than 90% of mezcal is made in the Mexican state of Oaxaca.

The word mezcal comes from the Nahuatl (Aztec) word “mexcalli,” meaning oven-cooked agave. The Spanish conquerors taught distilling techniques to the Mexican natives around 400 years ago (and made themselves tequila).
 
 
GET YOURS!

The Del Maguey x Mariebelle chocolate cocktail box is available for purchase on ReserveBar.com.

At $75, each chocolate cocktail box is bundled with a bottle of Del Maguey VIDA Puebla, perfect for pairing.

If you’re in New York City, you can visit MarieBelle’s retail store in SoHo, at 484 Broome Street.
 
 
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*A.B.V. is alcohol by volume. You double the A.B.V. to get the proof. Del Maguey Puebla is a 40% A.B.V., or 80 proof. But don’t worry—the chocolates aren’t!
 
 
 
 

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