Sotol

alt=Sotol blanco|thumb|A bottle of sotol blanco thumb|A flowering Dasylirion wheeleri|sotol plant in southern New Mexico

Sotol is a distilled spirit made from the plants of the genus Dasylirion, which grow in the Chihuahuan desert of northern Mexico, New Mexico, Arizona, and west and central Texas. Sotol liquor is known as the state spirit of Chihuahua; however, the drink is also consumed in Durango and Coahuila. Sotol has a registered Denominación de Origen from the government of Mexico since 2002, and may be produced only in Chihuahua, Coahuila and Durango. Dozens of commercial examples are available.