PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Eduardo Agosin AU - Andrea Belancic AU - Antonio Ibacache AU - Raymond Baumes AU - Edmundo Bordeu TI - Aromatic Potential of Certain <em>Muscat</em> Grape Varieties Important For Pisco Production in Chile AID - 10.5344/ajev.2000.51.4.404 DP - 2000 Jan 01 TA - American Journal of Enology and Viticulture PG - 404--408 VI - 51 IP - 4 4099 - http://www.ajevonline.org/content/51/4/404.short 4100 - http://www.ajevonline.org/content/51/4/404.full SO - Am J Enol Vitic.2000 Jan 01; 51 AB - Pisco is noted for its fruity, Muscat aroma. However, numerous different grape varieties, bearing distinct aromatic profiles, are used in the production of this unaged wine distillate. Hence, this work provides a quantification of the most significant terpenes (linalool, nerol and geraniol), and other aromatic components of the main aromatic grape varieties found in the Pisco-producing region of Chile. Moscatel de Alejandría and Moscatel Rosada both proved to be highly aromatic while the terpene profiles of two little-grown varieties, Early Muscat and Moscatel Amarilla, indicate that these could contribute much to the aroma of Pisco.