Rancho Gordo Gay Caballero Hot Sauce, 5 oz

Price: $9.50

This one has a following, and it is not really a hot sauce in the usual sense. Chiles balanced with cinnamon and cloves, which pulls it toward the warm-spice end of Mexican cooking rather than the vinegar-and-burn end.

If you have had a mole and wondered where that particular warmth came from, this is a bottle of the same idea.

5 oz, from Napa.

Important information

We will process and ship your order in 2-3 business days, you will receive a shipping confirmation email with tracking as soon as the Carrier scans the shipping label.

Ground shipping time depends on location, here's a breakdown:

West Coast: 1-2 business days
Midwest: 3-4 business days
East Coast: 5 business days

Process time is not shipping time. Shipping time starts from the days successive to the day of shipping, after the order has been processed.

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This is one of the items fulfilled by our partner retailer in California. It will not ship together with our regular wine selection.

You will receive tracking information in 3-4 business days. Shipping time depends on location and on the shipping service selected at checkout.

Rancho Gordo Gay Caballero Hot Sauce, 5 oz
$9.50

The Brand

Rancho Gordo

Rancho Gordo is Steve Sando's, based in Napa, California, and it made its name on heirloom beans rather than sauces. Saveur put it second on the Saveur 100 in 2008 and the beans have had a devoted following ever since.

Alongside the Napa growing, the Rancho Gordo-Xoxoc Project works with small farms in Mexico on rare crops that would otherwise have no market to sell into.

The chiles and the sauces come out of the same interest: varieties worth keeping in circulation.

Pantry FAQs

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You will receive tracking for the pantry parcel within 3-4 business days.

Wine requires an adult signature on delivery. Pantry items do not, so they can be left at your door like any ordinary parcel.

Yes. Nothing here is tied to a wine purchase. Shipping for pantry items is calculated separately at checkout.

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