Altamar Brands founder and CEO W. L. Lyons Brown shared new details of the previously announced collaboration with artist, filmmaker, and pro skier Chris Benchetler, leading into the launch of Mountains of the Moon (MOTM), an immersive experience which explores the connections between sport, life, music, and the living earth — set to the tunes of the Grateful Dead.

In addition to Altamar Brands’ sponsorship of the MOTM experience, the partnership will feature limited editions of new High n’ Wicked Warlander Blended Straight Whiskey and Lágrimas Single Estate Plata Tequila, featuring original artwork by Benchetler. 

A fusion of art, nature, and creation combine to make spirits that aren’t just exceptional, but also unforgettable. Both expressions are now available online and in select U.S. markets.

Lágrimas “La Sabina” Plata (Benchetler No. 2)

Lágrimas del Valle is a terroir-driven tequila brand, highlighting agave from single ranches—each offering a rare and honest expression of place. This special-edition release, code-named Lágrimas Benchetler No. 2, comes from a high-altitude ranch (La Sabina) in state of Guanajuato, Mexico, which yields slow-growing, intensely flavorful agave. 

Lágrimas is produced in collaboration with Tequila Cascahuin (NOM 1123) and Master Distiller Salvador “Chava” Rosales Trejo. Their distilling tradition dates back three generations to 1904 in El Arenal, Jalisco, Mexico, in the heart of the “Valley” of Tequila. 

This expression was double distilled, blended, and bottled at 92 proof (46% ABV) and is available for the suggested retail price of $59.99.

High n’ Wicked Warlander Whiskey (Benchetler No. 3)

Warlander blends three-and four-year old Kentucky Straight Rye and Bourbon whiskeys, melding the fruit forward and baking spice notes of Kentucky Straight Rye with the depth and spice of High-Rye Kentucky Straight Bourbon. 

The result is a layered and intentional blend, which was conceived after a number of blind tastings alongside bartenders, distillers, blenders, and Spirits experts as having the greatest complexity and ultimately showing more character than the individual elements themselves.

After marrying, the whiskey was rebarreled in a combination of its own ex-bourbon and ex-rye casks and allowed to rest for just over two months to encourage deeper integration of flavor. Bottled at 99 proof to best showcase the whiskey’s full complexity and balance, this limited release retails for the suggested retail price of $54.99.

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About Altamar Brands LLC

Founded in 2005 by W. L. Lyons Brown, III, Altamar Brands is a small, entrepreneurial outfit founded to develop and import esoteric, artisanal spirits brands that offer unique and distinctive production stories in their respective categories. For more information, please visit https://altamarbrands.com/.