Barsol Selecto Torontel | 700ML

Detailed Description

Peruvian pisco, made with 100% Torontel grapes from the Ica region. Subtle notes of crushed walnut, dried fruit and floral touches run through this artisan spirit, with plenty of vibrant grape notes rounding it out.

Distillery Information

BarSol Pisco is the exclusive product of Bodega San Isidro, a pisco distillery that almost certainly dates back to the 1800s with the earliest documentation in the local town archives dating back to 1919, when Bodega San Isidro and a series of plantations were all part of a single purchase/sale transaction. Over the years the properties and the distillery changed hands several times, the last owner being the Mendiola Family who purchased the property in 1940. Dona Blanca Mendiola was the Master Blender during the family’s tenure and her pisco had a great reputation and won numerous awards. In the 1960s, her only son, Don Alfredo Mendiola Martinez took over from his mother but sadly was forced to cease commercial operation in 1968, when the military government expropriated farmland across the nation, including the family’s vineyards, from its owners and handed it to the workers. The workers subsequently formed agricultural co-ops and given the situation they found themselves in, understandably grubbed up the vineyards in order to grow subsistence crops. Without grapes the Mendiola family were no longer able to produce pisco commercially and only small quantities were made for personal consumption.