Kappa Pisco, Elqui Valley 42.5%

Description

Kappa Pisco is a new ultra-premium Pisco from Chile. It is made by the one of the most famous, and one of the best, Chilean wine producers, Lapostolle. The estate was founded by Alexander Marnier Lapostolle (whose family are the producers of the world-famous Grand Marnier orange brandy liqueur) and her husband Cyril de Bournet in 1994. Their mission was to create world-class wines using French expertise and the superb terroirs of Chile. Pisco production is a more recent development beginning in 2009.

Kappa Pisco is made from grapes grown in the Elqui Valley which is a long narrow strip through the Andes which averages 300 days a year sunshine, perfect for ripening the Muscat grapes (Alexandria and Rose) used to make this Pisco. The vineyards are at 1300 meters above sea level. Grapes are harvested when ripe, distilled twice and then combined with pure water from the Andes mountains and bottled at 42.5% abv.

The name Kappa comes from the Kappa Crucis constellation, discovered by French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1751/52, and later named The Jewel Box by Sir John Herschel who described it as “a casket of variously coloured precious stones.” The Jewel Box cluster is regarded as one of the finest objects in the southern sky and is clearly visible by eye from the vineyards of the Elqui Valley, hence the diagram of the constellation on this fanatastically smart bottle.

Lapostolle also produce another Pisco, simply called Lapostolle Pisco which is a slightly softer style.