ABA Pisco, Chile 40% 50cl

Description

ABA Pisco is a Chilean Pisco made from Muscat de Alexandria grapes grown in the Elqui Valley in the high, clear Chilean Andes. 

Pisco is a type of grape brandy that is most famously associated with Peru and Chile. It is made from fermented grape juice and is known for its distinctive and robust flavour. Pisco has a long and storied history in South America, dating back to the 16th century when Spanish colonists first began distilling wine into a spirit. It is most famously used to make a Pisco Sour Cocktail.

Pisquera ABA was founded in 1921 by Alberto Aguirre Taborga after purchasing the property called Fundo San Juan in El Arenal, located close to the town of Vicuña. Today the distillery is owned and run by his grandson Alejandro Aguirre Basulto takes and his wife Blanca Bustos. They were joined by partners Jorge de la Barra and Gerardo Pérez-Cotapos in 2018 and since then the company has expanded greatly at home and in export markets.

The Muscat de Alexandria grapes for ABA Pisco are hand harvested at the end of the summer, crushed, de-stemmed and macerated for 6 hours. There follows a temperature controlled fermentation to produce a basic wine with a residual sugar of 2 g/L and ABV of 12.5 to 13.5%. The wine is then rested for 45 days before it is distilled in 1500 Litre Charantais 100% copper pot stills. The distillation process lasts around 8 hours during with the heads and tails of the distillation are discard and only the best, the heart of the distillate is collected. The spirit comes off the still at an ABV of 67-72%.

ABA Pisco is then rested for 24-30 months (2 months minimum by Law) in 6000L vats made from aged Chilean wood called ‘Rauli’. After this period of maturation the Pisco is diluted, using reverse osmosis to an ABV of 40%, filtered twice, bottled and left to rest for a further month before release for sale.