IVIN's shop at Emiliano Zapata 424, in Santa María, Puerto Vallarta, carries 11 raicillas from five brands, priced from $772.56 to $2,984.68 MXN and all gathered in the Raicilla collection. They can be collected at the shop or ordered for delivery. What follows sets out what is known about each one and what has not yet been confirmed.
All 11, lowest price first
| Raicilla | Style and origin | Agave | ABV % | Price (MXN) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Perros Negros Blend | Mountain, artesanal (brand); Western Sierra of Jalisco | A. maximiliana (brand) | tbc | $772.56 |
| 3 Perros Negros Ancestral | Mountain, ancestral (brand); Atenguillo | Wild A. maximiliana (brand) | tbc | $874.64 |
| Hacienda El Divisadero | Coastal; Las Guásimas, Cabo Corrientes | Verde and amarillo (house) | 41 (house) | $939.60 |
| Hacienda El Divisadero Edición Especial | Coastal; Las Guásimas, Cabo Corrientes | Chico Aguiar (house) | 47 (house) | $1,078.80 |
| 3 Perros Negros Rhodacantha | Coastal, artesanal (brand); El Tuito, Cabo Corrientes (brand) | Wild A. rhodacantha (brand) | tbc | $1,081.12 |
| Perlas de Jalisco | Coastal; near Las Guásimas, Cabo Corrientes | Verde (angustifolia) and amarillo (rhodacantha) | tbc | $1,146.23 |
| La Xamana 40% | Mountain, single distilled (house); San Sebastián del Oeste | A. maximiliana (house) | 40 | $1,218.00 |
| Hacienda El Divisadero Cenizo | Coastal; Las Guásimas, Cabo Corrientes | 100% cenizo (house) | 46 (house) | $1,392.00 |
| La Xamana 44% | Mountain, double distilled (house); San Sebastián del Oeste | A. maximiliana (house) | 44 | $1,450.00 |
| Eterno Embrujo | Coastal; Cabo Corrientes | tbc | tbc | $1,855.30 |
| La Xamana 55% | Mountain, double distilled (house); Ejido La Estancia de Landeros, San Sebastián del Oeste | A. maximiliana (house) | 55 | $2,984.68 |
All bottles 750 ml; prices in Mexican pesos including VAT, as of October 12, 2026. "(brand)" or "(house)": taken from the producer's website and not yet checked against the label. "tbc": not yet confirmed. A.: Agave. Where a figure could not be confirmed, the field has been left blank rather than filled with an estimate.
Brand by brand
3 Perros Negros offers three bottles, from the mountains and the coast. According to the brand, the Ancestral is made in Atenguillo from wild maximiliana, crushed by hand in a wooden trough. IVIN's product sheet describes it as floral and herbal, slightly sweet on entry, with notes of fresh agave and honey and a dry finish. By its agave, the Rhodacantha corresponds to the bottle the brand calls Raicilla de Costa Artesanal, made from wild rhodacantha from El Tuito. To compare coast and mountain within a single brand, the appropriate pair is the Ancestral and the Rhodacantha, $206.48 apart in price.
Hacienda El Divisadero is located at Las Guásimas, at kilometer 9 of the El Tuito–Chacala road, and the house dates the beginning of its history to 1885. According to the house, the standard bottle is a blend of verde (angustifolia) and amarillo (rhodacantha) agave aged 10 to 12 years, at 41%. The Edición Especial uses Chico Aguiar agave aged 13 to 14 years. The Cenizo is made from agave aged 16 to 20 years, ferments spontaneously and is distilled twice, in an Arab-style and a Filipino-style still. All three are cooked for 72 hours in an underground oven.
La Xamana comes from San Sebastián del Oeste. According to the house, it is made by master raicillero Tacho Guzmán and his wife, Lupita, from organic maximiliana from the Ejido La Estancia de Landeros, about seven years old, roasted in a masonry oven fired with oak and encino wood and distilled in a stainless-steel Arab-style still with a copper coil. All three versions start from the same agave: the 40% is distilled once; the 44% and 55%, twice. The 55% is the raicilla the shop features; it costs more than twice as much as the 40%, and IVIN's product sheet describes it as complex and powerful, intended for connoisseurs.
Perlas de Jalisco is the work of master raicillero Santiago Díaz Ramos, who distills it near Las Guásimas from maguey verde (angustifolia) and amarillo (rhodacantha). The sources consulted give different strengths for its bottlings, and the shop's bottle has not yet been checked.
Eterno Embrujo came to market in 2021 with raicilla by Don Hildegardo "Japo" Joya and his sons Saúl and Pedro in Cabo Corrientes, according to Mezcalistas (2024). The same source states that it is distilled in Filipino-style stills with tree-trunk chambers and copper condensers, and that fermentation can extend to 30 days in cold weather.
Buying from IVIN
The shop at Emiliano Zapata 424 is open Monday to Friday from 10:00 to 18:00 and on Saturdays from 10:00 to 16:00. Online orders can be delivered or collected at the shop. Sales are restricted to adults 18 and over.
To become acquainted with both styles, a pair is suggested: 3 Perros Negros Ancestral, a mountain raicilla according to the brand, and Hacienda El Divisadero Cenizo, from the coast. For further guidance, the IVIN Sommelier suggests a bottle based on the agave spirits the customer already knows and enjoys.
Other good places to buy raicilla
- La Taberna, in Mascota (Rosa Dávalos 79, Centro), is the shop run by the Consejo Mexicano Promotor de la Raicilla itself. It is open daily; according to its website, online sales are "coming soon."
- Hacienda El Divisadero sells through its own online shop and offers tours of the hacienda, on the road to El Tuito.
- La Bodega de Tony, in Puerto Vallarta's Versalles neighborhood, is a bottle shop with a restaurant, according to the Mezcalistas raicilla guide (August 2024). Its owner, Antonio Mora, has his own raicilla brand.
Opening hours should be confirmed before visiting.
What raicilla is and why it isn't called mezcal: Raicilla: the agave spirit from our own bay.
This article was drafted with the assistance of artificial intelligence from the shop's catalog and the sources cited, and reviewed by the IVIN team.
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