Pisco Reservado

Name: Moaï - Pisco Reservado
Brand: Moaï
Price: 59.0 EUR
Availability: OutOfStock

Moaï

118,00 €

(59,00 € / bottle)

A pisco reservado from Elqui, made from Muscat, rested in American oak, fruity and balanced.

Chile

40%

100% Muscat

1000ml · Sold Out
Set of 2 bottles (75cl)

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This pisco is made by the Capel cooperative in the Elqui Valley, in the Coquimbo region of northern Chile, the historic home of Chilean pisco. The vines grow here at the foot of the Andes, under a desert climate, dry and very sunny, cooled at night by mountain air. Its moai-shaped bottle pays tribute to the culture of Rapa Nui, Easter Island.

This pisco reservado is made from Muscat grapes, whose wines are distilled to obtain a highly aromatic spirit. It then rests for several months in American oak barrels, which give it its intense amber colour and a delicate touch of oak, before being reduced to 40 degrees, the strength of reservado piscos.

This pisco reveals notes of Muscat grape, orange blossom, apricot, yellow peach, orange zest, vanilla, coconut and fine wood. The nose offers an explosion of fruity aromas dominated by the Muscat, with a light touch of wood. The palate is supple and well balanced, with a fruity attack, controlled warmth and a persistent finish.

Where are we traveling?

Elqui Valley

It lies in northern Chile, some 470 kilometres north of Santiago, in the Coquimbo region, where the Atacama Desert begins to give way to the Andean foothills. The vineyard unfolds in a narrow, steep-sided valley carved by the Elqui River, between 500 and 2,000 metres above sea level, in a lunar landscape of arid mountains, cacti and skies of absolute clarity — the region is also home to some of the most important astronomical observatories in the world. Its winemaking history is closely tied to Pisco, Chile's national spirit, of which Elqui has been the historic cradle since the 16th century, with its vast plantings of Muscat. For centuries, no one imagined producing anything else here, until bold winemakers such as Marcelo Retamal of De Martino and the Carabantes family of Viña Falernia dared, in the late 1990s, to plant noble grape varieties at altitude, convinced that this extreme terroir offered conditions unique in Chile. The climate is desert-like and arid, with more than 300 days of sunshine a year and almost no rainfall, but the temperature swings between day and night are spectacular — sometimes more than 20 degrees — and the dry air descending from the Andes gives the grapes slow ripening and intense aromatic concentration, without the slightest pressure from fungal diseases. Elqui Valley has emerged as one of the most exciting frontiers of Chilean winemaking thanks to its vibrant, peppery Syrahs of unexpected freshness, its crisp, mineral high-altitude Sauvignon Blancs, its delicate Pinot Noirs from the highest plots, and its Muscats, heirs to the Pisco tradition, testament to a pioneering valley that is pushing the limits of what Chilean wine can offer.

The little history of the country

Chile

It was Hernán Cortés who ordered the cultivation of vines upon the conquest of Mexico in 1524. It gradually spread from Mexico southward, reaching Chile in 1555. During the first three centuries of colonization, only país, a characterless and very productive black grape variety, was cultivated in Chile. It was not until the mid-19th century that noble varieties were introduced: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Syrah, Sauvignon Blanc, and Chardonnay, mainly. Twenty years later, winemaking was modernized under the impetus of wealthy landowners and French experts who had been forced out of work by phylloxera in Europe. Chile stretches 4,300 kilometers from north to south. It is sandwiched between the Pacific Ocean to the west, the Andes Mountains to the east, the Atacama Desert to the north, and the Patagonian plains and glaciers to the south. These natural barriers prevented phylloxera from entering the country. Although the country is only 160 kilometers wide, it enjoys ideal conditions for growing grape varieties from warm, intermediate, and cool regions, so much so that it is often described as a vineyard paradise. With nearly 300 estates producing bottled wines, Chile ranks between 6th and 8th in the world.

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