Sotol is a distilled Mexican beverage similar to Mezcal, though it is distilled from the Daylirion wheeleri (the Desert Spoon, known in Spanish as "Sotol", and one that Ray Mears likes to use to sew up damaged moccasins). The plant grows in Northern Mexico and Sotol is... the state drink of Durango, Coahuila and Chihuahua. There are very few producers of this beverage, and fewer still that export it from Mexico. It is designated by maturation, starting at Plata (bottled straight after distillation), Reposado (aged for between a few months and a year) and Añejo which is aged for at least a year.