Common name

Pacífica

Mezcal use

Traditional regional mezcal (bacanora) spirit in western Mexico

Producers

Kilinga, Mazot, Maguey Melate, Los Cantiles, 100 Pueblos

Description

Pacífica is a plant built to take a beating in breezy places and keep its shape, a tight rosette of stiff, narrow, sword like leaves.

Size

2.5-4.5 ft (0.76-1.37 m)

State

Aguascalientes; Chiapas; Chihuahua; Ciudad de México; Colima; Durango; Estado de México; Guanajuato; Guerrero; Hidalgo; Jalisco; Michoacán; Morelos; Nayarit; Nuevo León; Oaxaca; Puebla; Querétaro; San Luis Potosí; Sinaloa; Sonora; Tabasco; Tamaulipas; Veracruz; Yucatán; Zacatecas

Terrain

Sandy soils and gravelly terraces plus rocky slopes in short tree forest and coastal foothills along Mexicos west coast

Species name

Agave angustifolia var. pacifica