Alto del Carmen Pisco Reservado is distilled from 100% muscat grapes grown in the Huasco, Elqui and Limarí valleys of Chile. Before bottling at 40% abv, this "pisco reservado" (a Chilean classification) spends at least six months aging in American oak barrels.
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This one is interesting. Found it between the brandy and cognac. Not sure how to describe the smell. It has a strong alcoholic smell but something else is there. Not sure I taste banana-maple but I taste something lightly sweet is there but it’s light/watery overall with a slight alcoholic burn.
Grape floral nose, grape sweetness and oak and burned sugar on the tongue, medium body and lingering finish. A little more barrel flavor than the silver unaged piscos of Peru. Different, good but different. Works well in cocktails.
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