Santiago Queirolo Pisco Quebranta 750ml

Santiago Queirolo Pisco Quebranta is made from 100% Quebranta grapes grown in Peru's Cañete and Ica valleys, distilled in copper pot stills and bottled at 42% without any wood ageing. Peruvian law does not allow pisco to be watered down, so it goes into the bottle at the strength it was distilled.

The house was founded by Santiago Queirolo, an Italian who settled near Cañete in the 1880s. Quebranta is the classic pisco grape, earthy rather than floral, with notes of raisin, hay and banana.

For a Pisco Sour or a Chilcano, this is the pisco to buy. For a grape brandy aged in oak, compare E&J VSOP; for an Italian grape spirit, try Sarpa di Poli Grappa.

Serve it slightly chilled on its own, shake it with lime, sugar and egg white for a Pisco Sour, or top it with ginger ale and lime for a Chilcano.

Pisco is also made in Chile, but this one follows Peru's stricter rules. More bottles are under brandy and cognac, and the rest of our liquor is a click away. Pick it up at our Brooklyn store or get same-day delivery in Brooklyn, Manhattan & Queens.