This document provides information about Pisco, a grape brandy produced in Chile and Peru. It discusses the types of grapes used, where it is produced, and the production process. It also describes several Pisco cocktails produced by Capel, a large Chilean Pisco producer, including Pisco Sour, Piña Colada, Daiquiri, and Toffee cocktail. Capel exports Pisco internationally and is the largest Pisco producer in Chile.

1. CAPEL
PRESENTATION

2. WHAT IS PISCO ?
Pisco is a young aromatic spirit distilled
from Muscat grapes
Translucent or lightly amber in color due
to aging in wooden casks
Graduation : 40º Gl.

5. TYPES OF GRAPES USED IN
PISCO ELABORATION
MUSCAT
– PINK MUSCAT
– MUSCAT OF ALEXANDRIA
– MUSCAT OF AUSTRIA
– TORONTEL
– PEDRO JIMENEZ

7. WHERE IS PISCO
PRODUCED ?

9. PISCO PRODUCING ZONE
The Pisco Region is located in the northern
part of Chile in the semi-arid III and IV
Regions. This is 500 kms north of Santiago-
the Capital- and south of the Atacama desert,
the driest in the world.

10. PISCO PRODUCING VALLEYS
COPIAPO
HUASCO
LIMARÍ
ELQUÍ
CHOAPA

13. LAND OF ORIGIN OF PISCO
Unique physical and geographic
characteristics
– Luminous, sunny and cloudless skies
– Crystal clear waters that flow from the
Andes Mountains
– Extreme temperatures
High during the day
Low at night

14. DENOMINATION OF ORIGIN
Due to the singular physical surroundings this
zone was officially named the Land of Origin
of Pisco in 1931: Law 18.455 Art. 28. Pisco is
an alcohol produced and bottled in units of
consumption in the III and IV Regions,
through the distillation of genuine wine, from
the vitis vinifera varieties determined by the
law that are planted in those regions.

15. PISCO PRODUCTION PROCESS
HARVEST
FERMENTATION
DESTILLATION
AGING
BOTTLING

16. HARVEST
GRAPES
Grape recollection
Transport by trucks to processing plants
Determine probable alcohol content
Sanitary controls
Vending machine - separates the juice from the
stems
MUST

17. FERMENTATION
MUST
Maceration Tanks
Filtering
– Separates the must from the skin
Clean must - add yeast
Fermentation
WINE

18. DISTILLATION
WINE
Wine mixture
Taken to Still
Distillation occurs
ALCOHOL

19. AGING
ACOHOL
Wooden Casks - French/American Oak , Raulí
From 6 months up to 2 years
Soften the character of the new spirit without
altering the aromatic condition of its origin
Quality certification
Mix - Filtering
PISCO

20. BOTTLEING
PISCO
Bottles
Caps
Labels
Boxing
Pallets
PISCO DISTRIBUITION

21. ENJOYING PISCO
Pisco may be enjoyed in many different
combinations: as an apperitif, a long
drink, after dinner drink, fruit cocktail
or in any way your imagination may
advise you.
As a fruit based spirit, Pisco is very
versatile and a great mixer : with soft
drinks, lemon, fruit juices, other drinks
or you may enjoy it alone on the rocks.

22. Holding Capel

23. Our Company
Capel Ltda. Is an Agricultural Cooperative created
in 1934 (Cooperativa Agrícola Pisquera Elqui Ltda)
that has more than 1.500 partners contributing
with their grape production to Capel, who treats
and elaborates them. Thus, more than 80% of the
Elqui Valley grapes are processed by Capel
industry. Capel´s 9 recepction and destilling plants
are scattered all over the Pisco producing valleys
of Copiapó, Huasco, Elqui, Limarí and Choapa,
Elaborating more than 200 million kilograms of
grapes and over 3,5 million 9 liter boxes.

24. Capel in Chile and Export Market
Capel is a cooperative that unites 1300
viticulturist, which specialize in the production
of Pisco and coktails.
Capel is the biggest company in Chile with
the 58% of the market share
Capel is the biggest exports company of pisco
with 70% of market share.
Capel exports to 36 countries

25. Our Products

26. What is Capel ?
Capel is Pisco. It is a pure destillate from muscatel,
young and aromatic, produced in one of the driest
zones in the world, south of the Atacama desert.
Capel is produced in a unique zone of the world with
its incomparable transparent and luminous skies,
crystaline and pure rivers flowing from the Andes
along narrow valleys with a hot dry climate, all of
wich are ideal feature for growing aromatic muscatel
grapes. These natural characteristics of the region
made it possible in 1931 to establish “ Denomination
Of Origin” for the Chilean Pisco

27. Pisco Capel Double Destilation
• A transparent and bright product
with a soft and elegant aroma,
reminiscent of azahar flowers,
lime, muscatel grapes and with a
hint of lychee.
•In mouth it is smooth with a lime
tone and medium body..

28. Capel Reservado 40º Aged
•Made with selected grapes of the most noble
lands of the Elqui valley utilizing an harmonic
process of double distillation that allows us to
obtain a refined and pure pisco,
•Balanced in flavor and aroma combined with
American and French oak barrel aging and
resulting in a balanced, woody and elegant
pisco.

29. Pisco Capel Moai
•Made with fine muscatel grapes
and aged in American oak,
superior in aroma and flavor.
•Of deep bright amber color with
a fruity aroma.
•In mouth, an excellent balance
between fruit and wood, well-
rounded and with an excellent
body

30. Mango Cocktail
• A cocktail made with mango and lemon
blending the delicate aroma and flavor of
mango together with the fresh and acidic zest
of lemon.
• Its color is an opaque orangish yellow and
consists of medium thickness in texture.
• It is 24 alcohol proof.
• Its aroma is intensely tropical with a distinct
bouquet of mango and its flavor, a pleasant
balance between the sweetness of tropical
fruit, the acidity of citric lemon, and the subtle
elegance of fine pisco.
•Forms of use: Product ready to consume,
refrigerated or with ice.
Apt for consumption at home or in restaurants,
bars, pubs, and discos.

31. Daiquiri Cocktail
• A cocktail beverage consisting of pisco,
rum and tropical fruit, opaque red-orange
in color and of medium thickness.
• Its aroma is intensely tropical, strong
character of pineapple, guayaba and citric
fruits.
•Its taste incorporates the fresh flavours of
citric fruit with the complexity of tropical
fruit and is subtle in alcoholic content, a
product of mixing pisco with rum.
• A defined and persistent tropical fruit
finish.

32. Piña Colada
• A cocktail beverage of pisco and rum
mixed with cream, pineapple and coconut.
• Its color is a milky white and has the
distinct aroma of pineapple and coconut
with a touch of cream.
• It is smooth in alcohol but intensely
flavored of ¨Piña Colada¨ , strong and
persistant in flavor.
•It is 24 alcohol proof.
•Forms of use: Product ready to
consume, refrigerated or with ice.
Apt for consumption at home or in
restaurants, bars, pubs, and discos.

33. Toffee Cocktail
• A cocktail beverage consisting of pisco
and rum blended with cream, caramel and
toffee.
• Its color is that of milk and coffee and
smells of sweetness, caramel butter,
sugar, and cream.
• Its smooth flavor has a hint of roasted
hazelnuts covered in toffee.
• It is persistent yet delicate to the taste
•Forms of use: Product ready to
consume, refrigerated or with ice.
Apt for consumption at home or in
restaurants, bars, pubs, and discos. It
may be used in making pastry

34. Pisco Sour Cocktail
•It is prepared with pisco and natural lemon juice, has only
24 alcohol proof.
•A quality product, opaque green in color of medium
consistency.
•It´s aroma maintains the strong citrus character of real
lemon juice, with hints of lemon lime citrus flowers. These
citrus notes are balanced with the elegant characteristics of
pisco and it´s flavor is of perfect balance between citric zest,
sweetness, and pure grade alcohol.
•It is fresh and intense in lemon lime flavor and is smooth
yet persistent to the finish
•Forms of use: Product ready to consume, refrigerated or
with ice.
•Apt for consumption at home or in restaurants, bars, pubs,
and discos. It may be used in making pastry

35. Capel Gift Pack
40% Alc/Vol.

36. Thank you for your time and interest in our products
If you need more information please Contact me at
Javier Marcos
Exports Director
jmarcos@capel.cl
+56 9 9194374