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Pisco

Distilled Spirits

Pisco is a grape brandy produced by distilling fermented grape juice, made in both Peru and Chile, with the two countries each producing their own protected version of the spirit under long running, sometimes contentious, competing claims to its origin and name. The spirit takes its name from the Peruvian coastal port city of Pisco, from which it was historically shipped. Peruvian and Chilean pisco differ in permitted grape varieties, distillation and aging rules, Peruvian pisco generally being bottled unaged straight from the still while Chilean pisco is more often aged or blended. Pisco is the base spirit of the pisco sour, the best known cocktail associated with both countries.

Facts
Partially Attested
Origin Period, From (Year)
from 1553 1
Marks when grapevines, the raw material later used for pisco, first arrived in Peru, the source dates the start of pisco production itself slightly later, to the end of the 16th century.
Origin Period, To (Year)
to 1764 1
Marks the earliest documented written use of the word pisco for Peruvian aguardiente, the source states production itself began earlier, at the end of the 16th century.
Origin Region
Peru 1
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Expresses Tradition

Uses Ingredient

Grape, Ingredients
Sources
1. Pisco - Wikipedia
  • Infobox
    Origin: Peru
  • History section
    Historians state that the first grapes ever imported arrived in 1553.
  • Etymology section
    The oldest use of the word pisco to denote Peruvian aguardiente dates from 1764.
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