PISCO OWNS A PROTECTED

DESIGNATION OF ORIGIN THAT

DISTINGUISHES THE SPIRIT THAT IS
EXCLUSIVELY OBTAINED FROMTHE
DISTILLING OF FERMENTED FRESH
MUSTS OF ESPECIALLY CROPPED
GRAPES (PISCO GRAPES). THE
METHODS APPLIED PRESERVE
THE TRADITIONAL PRINCIPLES
OF QUALITY ESTABLISHED IN THE
COASTAL VALLEYS OF AREQUIPA,
ICA, LIMA, MOQUEGUA AND TACNA,
WHICH COMPRISE THE PRODUCTION
ZONES RECOGNIZED BY PERUVIAN
REGULATIONS.
Pisco es Per
PISCO ES UNA DENOMINACIN DE ORIGEN, QUE DISTINGUE AL
AGUARDIENTE OBTENIDO EXCLUSIVAMENTE POR DESTILACIN
DE MOSTOS FRESCOS DE UVAS PISQUERAS RECIENTEMENTE
FERMENTADAS, UTILIZANDO MTODOS QUE MANTIENEN EL
PRINCIPIO TRADICIONAL DE CALIDAD ESTABLECIDO EN LOS
VALLES COSTEROS DE LIMA, ICA, AREQUIPA, MOQUEGUA Y TACNA,
QUE CONFORMAN LAS ZONAS DE PRODUCCIN RECONOCIDAS.
Crditos:
Edicin: PROMPER - Coordinacin Agro y agroindustria y Unidad de Audiovisuales y Publicaciones
Fotografa: Arturo Bullard, I. Menacho,Gihan Tubbeh, Manchamanteles - M. Silva / PromPer
Diseo: Lingo
Imprenta: Le Crayone

Hecho el Depsito Legal en la Biblioteca Nacional del Per N 2011-15371
Tiraje: 4,000 unidades
Lima, diciembre de 2012
Pisco is Peru
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En el Per, nuestro incomparable
aguardiente de uva, es la mejor manera
de invitarlo a descubrir siglos de historia
y tradicin, que se expresan diariamente
en una diversidad cultural que acoge y
sorprende a nuestros visitantes.
El nombre Pisco deriva del puerto y
valle del mismo nombre situados al sur
del Per, desde donde se embarc el
aguardiente enviado a Espaa desde el
siglo XVI. Pisco evoca tambin a la gran
diversidad de aves del sur, entre las que
destacan las parihuanas, el huerequeque,
el zarcillo y el cndor, porque la palabra
pisco proviene del trmino quechua
Pisscu que signica ave.
This incomparable grape brandy
is Perus best way to invite you to
discover centuries of history and
tradition, which are expressed on a
cultural diversity that never stops
surprising our visitors.
Pisco is a variation of pisccu, a
word in the ancient Quechua
language that means bird,
and during pre-Hispanic times it
designated a valley and seaport
located in what is now the
department of Ica, due to the
abundance of amingos, Peruvian
thick-knees, Inca terns, condors
and other feathered fauna. It was
from Pisco that the spirit was
embarked to the possessions of the
Spanish Crown during the Colony
(16th to 19th centuries).
Piscos inimitable uniqueness is a
concoction of the European vine
adapted to the sunny soils of the
southern Peruvian coast and the
wisdom of the old poters who
created the clay pitchers that are
still used to store it.
A good pisco can be singled out
from any other grape brandy
due to a number of exclusive
characteristics: the use of pisco
grapes, the applying of a direct
distillation process and the use
of grape as the sole ingredient
(the use of water is unthinkable).
Also, pisco presents a
transparent color, a distinctive
sturdy and overwhelming avor,
and a subtle fragrance.
The following are the grape
varieties of Vitis vinifera L. that
have adapted to the Peruvian
soil after centuries of cultivation
and genetic mutation.
Non-aromatic:
Quebranta, Mollar Negra, Negra
Corriente and Uvina.
Aromatic:
Italia, Muscat, Torontel and
Albillo.
Depending on the variety of
grape used or the fermentation
of the must, pisco is classied
into the following types:
Non-aromatic pure pisco:
Made out of only one variety of
non-aromatic grape.
Aromatic pure pisco: Made
out of only one variety of
aromatic grape.
Acholado: It is a blend of two
or more pisco grapes.
Green must: Results from the
distilling of the must whose
fermenting process has been
interrupted halfway.
El Pisco es un destilado de uvas cuyo
aroma y fragancia inimitable conjuga la
vid europea adaptada a las soleadas tierras
de la costa sur peruana, con la sabidura
de los antiguos alfareros creadores de las
tinajas en que se almacena este exquisito
aguardiente de uva.
El buen pisco se distingue de cualquier otro
destilado, en el uso de las uvas pisqueras
y en su singular proceso, destilacin directa
y discontinua de mostos frescos, que no
permite agregado de agua. Su color es
transparente; su sabor fuerte y contundente,
y su olor, ligeramente fragante.
Todas ellas, variedades de uva de la Vitis
Vinfera L. adaptadas al terruo.
No aromticas:
Quebranta, Mollar Negra, Negra Corriente
y Uvina
No Aromticas:
Italia, Moscatel, Torontel, Albilla.
Por su sabor se pueden distinguir los
siguientes tipos de Pisco:
Pisco Puro No Aromtico: Hecho de un
solo tipo de uva no aromtica.
Pisco Puro Aromtico: Hecho de un solo
tipo de uva aromtica.
Pisco Acholado: Se elabora con distintas
uvas pisqueras (es un blend).
Pisco Mosto Verde: Resulta del mosto
incompletamente fermentado, por eso
se denomina verde.
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