Pisco: production, flavor chemistry, sensory analysis and product development

Abstract: Pisco is a young brandy produced predominantly from Muscat wines in the north of Chile and also in Peru. The chapter describes the areas of production in Chile, wine production and distillation techniques and gives an overview of production figures and the main markets nowadays. The sensory properties and flavor chemistry of Pisco are described emphasizing the properties that make it different from other young or non-aged wine brandies. Sensory practice and consumer research in particular for product development in the Chilean Pisco industry are finally discussed.