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PISCO [https://conapisco.org.pe/el-pisco.html] - Coggle Diagram
Grapes
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Non Aromatic
Quebranta
Banana, mango, lúcuma, pecans and raisins
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How Pisco is Made?
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Minimum rest of 3 months in stainless steel or cement tanks, or any other container that cannot alter the Pisco´s flavour
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Styles
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Mosto Verde
Obtained from the distillation of fresh Pisco grape musts with interrupted fermentation. It means that the must still contains natural sugar that come from the grape.
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Regions
Lima
Uvina (*) production is only allowed in Lunahuaná, Pacarán and Zúñiga districts, in the Cañate Valley
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Why Pisco is unique?
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Without any additives (water, caramel, sugar, etc)
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Tasting Pisco
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Appereance
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Great viscosity,with thick legs on the side of the glass when you swirl it
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How to enjoy Pisco?
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"Macerado" (strawberry, pineapple, coca leaves, ginger, etc)
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History
Place where the grapes were originally grown, in “Pisco”, Ica - Perú
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1574 - Pisco town is recorded on the first map of the South American coast, which was created by Diego Méndez.
1625, Father Bernabé Cobo, “History of the New World”, mentioned Brandy production in Pisco
1633, Alonso García de Zepeda from Ica appears as the owner of the Quillohay vineyard
1814, William B. Stevenson stated that “the aguardiente generally called Pisco, named after the place where it is made, has a good flavor and is colorless".
1835, British clergyman Hugh Salvin, in his travel journal he notes that he visited the port of Pisco and that “this area is known for the production of a strong liquor which is named after the city”
"Pisco" was not a generic name for aguardiente during colonial times. But aguardientes from Majes, from Vítor or from Pisco were exported through Pisco. The generalization of the term came later
Grapes first arrived in Peru from the Canary Islands during the 16th century brought by the Marquis Francisco de Caravantes
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700bC - 200 aC. The Paracas culture members were potters and weavers. The potters who settledin the Pisco region were the first creators of the claybottles and the bottles were known as Piscos (Botijas)