Gerardo Ruelas, Sotol La Higuera Wheeleri

Sotol is a distilled spirits made from a plant that was once thought to be an agave, in those days it was referred to as a mezcal.
Sotol is made from the Dasylirian plant a.k.a Dessert Spoon, a.k.a Sotol.
There are 16 varieties of sotol.
The sotol plant is found throughout Mexico but the Denomination of Origen for Sotol dictates that to be labeled a Sotol it must come from 1 of 3 states: Chihuahua, Coahuila and Durango.