tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3670838919517813712.post5018669329789028721..comments2024-02-21T23:11:13.231-08:00Comments on Elixir Vitae: Campo de Encanto Pisco: a great Acholada PiscoHoke Hardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16237562923949274059noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3670838919517813712.post-6549614543134282392011-01-10T10:56:55.927-08:002011-01-10T10:56:55.927-08:00Pisco Bible. I appreciate your comments very much...Pisco Bible. I appreciate your comments very much. Sounds like you have tried Encanto. You are correct in that the 2010 Quebranta distillate, Carlos Romero, our Peruvian partner, won the Gran Medalla de Oro 2010. The Quebranta we produce IS the base of Campo de Encanto and always will be the primary, dominant distillate in our Acholado. Carlos no longer makes nor sells his previous brand called Conqueror, although the company there still has that name; ALL distillate produced by him for the last two years has and is used solely for blending into Encanto.<br />The fact is that we never use distillate for "blending" until it has rested for the minimum of 1 YEAR (which is much longer than the DOC requires) so we will never make an Acholado blend in time for the national Peruvian Pisco competition. Only our single distillate Pisco Puro from each vintage would be available in time for this competition. <br />You should know that we are not planning to sell or distribute this award-winning Quebranta. Our focus is on making the best Acholado we can. That's what we do and ONLY our best distillate goes into Encanto. <br />As to the issue with the scoring; it's clearly an internal matter with the consorcio and not an issue with us, the producers. What's more interesting is the spread of the scores which no-one has talked about?! Our Quebranta scored almost two full points above the next closest challenger. A remarkable margin to win considering the range of the top scores was only 5 points (86.33 to 91.66). <br />Pisco Bible, again I appreciate your frankness and would like to invite you to an intimate get-together that we are having in honor of Carlos in Lima in February for the Quebranta that won the Gran Medalla de Oro. We will be giving a bottle of the Quebranta Pisco Puro 2010 to every guest and this will be the only opportunity to taste this distillate on it's own. If you are interested you can contact me at drinkonemoore@gmail.com. I hope to hear from you.Walter Moorehttp://www.encantopisco.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3670838919517813712.post-84059916493310869022011-01-09T22:39:51.438-08:002011-01-09T22:39:51.438-08:00I appreciate the help, but it hasn't yet been ...I appreciate the help, but it hasn't yet been much actual help. Although you seem to be well informed, it's hard to be asked to take on faith a pronouncement from a "The Pisco Bible" blogger (the Bible? Really? Wow. Do I take that on faith?) who has no posts, no profile, no background, and for which google can find only one other post...to another blogger...pushing some other pisco which I've never had.<br /><br />There seems to be a lot of controversy over me liking a particular pisco. Puzzling. Guess I'm not allowed to have preferences???<br /><br />But I'm open--always open--to new ideas and new product. Campo de Encanto Pisco Acholado is the best pisco I've had, and the best I can recommend as what is available in Oregon. If you have a better one, by all means, get it to me and I'll happily taste it and report on it.<br /><br />Normally I report only on spirits available in Oregon, but I'll even agree to make an exception, since you feel so passionately about other piscos, and write about your suggestions even if they're not available here. Love to taste multiple piscos with you!!!<br /><br />Oh...and it is customary to provide some sort of background information, and also disclose if you have any interest in or involvement with any spirits...like, say, Pisco?<br /><br />So until my taste buds tell me there's a better pisco here in Portland...I'm sticking with Encanto Pisco.<br /><br />Thanks for keeping this discussion going with your comment---and I look forward to enjoying more good Peruvian Pisco!Hoke Hardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16237562923949274059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3670838919517813712.post-1444282656453435842011-01-09T21:58:09.304-08:002011-01-09T21:58:09.304-08:00To help this discussion, I would like to share wit...To help this discussion, I would like to share with you the huge debate that has started after Campo de Encanto started flaunting a win in Peru as best Pisco. First, and most importantly, Campo de Encanto has never won a medal in Peru. Second, the Pisco that won the medal which Encanto is claiming is a Single-grape Quebranta which is made by its master distiller for his own label. Third, within the Quebranta category, the furious polemic is due to the fact that according to Reg 55 of the National Contest, a gold medal can only be awarded to a pisco receiving a 92-point award, which the Quebranta did not. Encanto is a good pisco but it is neither the best in the US nor the best in Peru.The Pisco Biblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02201284306156500978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3670838919517813712.post-2351050518424045652010-11-18T08:46:52.849-08:002010-11-18T08:46:52.849-08:00Christian, they do use Muscat in Chile. But they ...Christian, they do use Muscat in Chile. But they use it (multiple versions, in fact) in Peru as well. Hence the Quebranta (non-aromatic) and Aromatic (Muscats) versions as defined.<br /><br />For Chilean pisco, a good, definitive one in the US market would be Alto del Carmen.<br /><br />In an effort to toady up to my new anonymous Peruvian friend, I'll venture to say the Encanto is much superior to the Alto del Carmen. Of coruse, now that loses me some Chilean friends. :^)Hoke Hardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16237562923949274059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3670838919517813712.post-11450088857159902802010-11-17T22:13:32.832-08:002010-11-17T22:13:32.832-08:00I was told that much of the Pisco in Chile is prod...I was told that much of the Pisco in Chile is produced from Muscat grapes. Based on my past experience with the Grappa di Moscato we bottled at Sebastiani, I'd guess this is a good thing. Any comments or perspective on Chilean Pisco?Christian Millerhttp://www.fullglassresearch.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3670838919517813712.post-46499347185174220112010-11-13T10:27:49.611-08:002010-11-13T10:27:49.611-08:00Anonymous, I actually really appreciate your passi...Anonymous, I actually really appreciate your passion for Pisco so I would suggest you go to Teardrop or Andina and try Encanto for yourself. Visualize swirled Pisco my friend. Pisco, Love and Understanding.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09469164504733412303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3670838919517813712.post-43699912931320842762010-11-13T10:08:39.261-08:002010-11-13T10:08:39.261-08:00To Anonymous if you're reading. Just thought ...To Anonymous if you're reading. Just thought you would know that the Peruvians are on Hoke's side about our distillate and our Peruvian Hermano's skills as a distiller. Encanto won the "Best in Show" (Gran Medalla de Oro Cepa) for our Quebranta, the base spirit in our Acholado, in Peru's annual Consurso Nacional blind pisco tasting competition. <br />I am of course biased about the love, thought and care we put into Encanto but I am a fan of anything and any Pisco that expands the category and gets people drinking Pisco.<br /><br />http://www.elpiscoesdelperu.com/web/index.php?ver_opt=det_noticia&id=225Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09469164504733412303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3670838919517813712.post-14895986099725049082010-11-13T09:19:14.867-08:002010-11-13T09:19:14.867-08:00So proud...yet still so bravely anonymous, I see. ...So proud...yet still so bravely anonymous, I see. And therefore of little consequence.<br /><br />You're upset because I like a Peruvian Pisco, made by a Peruvian and marketed successfully to people in the U.S. by a couple of 'cowboys'. Yeah, makes an awful lot of sense.<br /><br />Don't be proud of a Peruvian Pisco that is successful in a foreign market (thereby opening the market to potentially many other piscos); trash it, because you're so proud. Don't name any other piscos that you think are good quality, either. Because you're so proud of them.<br /><br />You have your own problems, Mr. Anonymous. Good luck with them.Hoke Hardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16237562923949274059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3670838919517813712.post-26258506719779087122010-11-12T22:38:28.720-08:002010-11-12T22:38:28.720-08:00This is the first annonymous person btw. You haven...This is the first annonymous person btw. You haven't tasted enough pisco sir, sorry. Making headlines like that about an American brand is nothing short of sensationalism. It might be the best pisco you've ever tasted but you can't tell everyone that it is the best pisco they will ever taste. Peruvians are proud people and proud of their products and culture. To read these blanket statements make me sick. You gringos like to come to our country and take stuff that belong to us and market it as your own. You are part of the problem.. Pisco is Peruvian, and just because some cowboys go to Peru and make pisco does not mean they make the best pisco "you'll ever taste" get that straight, it only the best pisco YOU have tasted. You should try writing for the Enquirer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3670838919517813712.post-67225534073251839532010-11-12T12:11:19.484-08:002010-11-12T12:11:19.484-08:00Sadly, I haven't been there---but it sounds li...Sadly, I haven't been there---but it sounds like the kind of place I'd really like. I'll check it out next time I'm down there.<br /><br />Comparison tastings are great---there's a wide range in piscos too, so it's worthwhile to check them out. And don't be intimidated by the Encanto; it will win you over quickly. :^)<br /><br />This will be heresy to Peruvians, but you can also compare the pisco from Chile with the pisco from Peru. Very interesting.Hoke Hardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16237562923949274059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3670838919517813712.post-8357290545126225972010-11-12T11:23:59.521-08:002010-11-12T11:23:59.521-08:00Have you been to Pisco Latin Lounge in San Francis...Have you been to Pisco Latin Lounge in San Francisco? www.piscosf.com/home.htm I love their pisco sours but am kind of intimidated by the long list of straight piscos (including Encanto) that they carry. James- the owner- told me they're going to start to have Thursday night tastings in December so that seems a good way to compare.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3670838919517813712.post-37647813600954040672010-11-11T20:45:53.653-08:002010-11-11T20:45:53.653-08:00Not what I said. Re-read the article more careful...Not what I said. Re-read the article more carefully. First sentence, for instance, where I started the article with "The traditional clear brandy of Chile and Peru, pisco..."<br /><br />"Peruvian distiller Carlos Romero...", one of the three guys (not 'dudes').<br /><br />Frequent references to Peruvian definitions, Peruvian laws, Peruvian rules, Peruvian designations...and not counting the detailed history of PERUVIAN pisco in the US.<br /><br />I've tasted numerous piscos from Chile and Peru, and this is the best I've ever had. Don't see how that could possibly diss any other producers.<br /><br />I could go on. I could also be insulted at your tone. But since I sign my name to what I write and you call yourself "Anonymous", I'll leave it at that.Hoke Hardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16237562923949274059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3670838919517813712.post-71874349735358446512010-11-11T20:14:54.352-08:002010-11-11T20:14:54.352-08:00As a Peruvian I am insulted that you would claim t...As a Peruvian I am insulted that you would claim that three 'dudes' from San Francisco make the "best pisco you'll ever taste." This is an insult to all the Peruvian distillers and producers who spend their lives sharpening their craft. This article kind of upsets me, sounds like cheap marketing. Pisco is Peruvian NOT American.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com