Sotol (Chihuahua) 2002: Sotol is distilled from the head or pineapple of the Dasylirion plant, of the Asparagaceae family, known by the same name (or by the Raramuris by the name of sereque) and which grows in the desert of northern Chihuahua. Mexico. The word sotol or zotol comes from the Nahuatl word tzotollin and means the sweet of the head, which was used by the Anasazis, the Tarahumaras, the Tobosos and the Apaches since the year 205 AD. C. and the name is still maintained. Since September 2002, it has a denomination of origin and a regulation in its production in Mexican territory.