{"id":91115,"date":"2025-05-12T00:00:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T03:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radioamigavallenar.cl\/?p=91115"},"modified":"2025-05-11T22:27:33","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T01:27:33","slug":"chile-es-el-unico-pais-del-mundo-que-ya-elaboraba-pisco-en-la-epoca-colonial-asegura-historiador-pablo-lacoste","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.radioamigavallenar.cl\/?p=91115","title":{"rendered":"\u201cChile es el \u00fanico pa\u00eds del mundo que ya elaboraba pisco en la \u00e9poca colonial\u201d, asegura historiador Pablo Lacoste"},"content":{"rendered":"

En <\/span>el <\/span>marco <\/span>del <\/span>D\u00eda <\/span>del <\/span>Pisco <\/span>Chileno, <\/span>el <\/span>acad\u00e9mico <\/span>destac\u00f3 <\/span>el <\/span>origen <\/span>del <\/span>destilado <\/span>nacional <\/span>en <\/span>el <\/span>Norte <\/span>Chico <\/span>y <\/span>la <\/span>importancia <\/span>de <\/span>su <\/span>denominaci\u00f3n <\/span>de <\/span>origen, <\/span>vigente <\/span>desde <\/span>1931.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

En <\/span>la <\/span>antesala <\/span>del <\/span>D\u00eda <\/span>del <\/span>Pisco <\/span>Chileno<\/span>, <\/span>que <\/span>se <\/span>celebra <\/span>cada <\/span>15 <\/span>de <\/span>mayo<\/span>, <\/span>el <\/span>historiador <\/span>Pablo <\/span>Lacoste<\/span>, <\/span>autor <\/span>del <\/span>libro <\/span>El <\/span>pisco <\/span>naci\u00f3 <\/span>en <\/span>Chile. <\/span>G\u00e9nesis <\/span>de <\/span>la <\/span>primera <\/span>Denominaci\u00f3n <\/span>de <\/span>Origen <\/span>de <\/span>Am\u00e9rica<\/span><\/em> (<\/span>RIL <\/span>Editores, <\/span>2016), <\/span>afirm\u00f3 <\/span>que <\/span>Chile <\/span>es <\/span>el <\/span>\u00fanico <\/span>pa\u00eds <\/span>del <\/span>mundo <\/span>que <\/span>ya <\/span>elaboraba <\/span>pisco <\/span>en <\/span>la <\/span>\u00e9poca <\/span>colonial<\/span>, <\/span>respaldado <\/span>por <\/span>documentos <\/span>como <\/span>el <\/span>acta <\/span>de <\/span>1733 <\/span>de <\/span>la <\/span>Hacienda <\/span>La <\/span>Torre <\/span>en <\/span>el <\/span>Valle <\/span>de <\/span>Elqui.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>El <\/span>pisco <\/span>es <\/span>de <\/span>un <\/span>territorio, <\/span>es <\/span>del <\/span>Norte <\/span>Chico. <\/span>No <\/span>se <\/span>puede <\/span>hacer <\/span>en <\/span>ning\u00fan <\/span>otro <\/span>lugar <\/span>que <\/span>no <\/span>sea <\/span>el <\/span>Norte <\/span>Chico\u201d, <\/span>se\u00f1al\u00f3 <\/span>el <\/span>acad\u00e9mico, <\/span>quien <\/span>lider\u00f3 <\/span>un <\/span>equipo <\/span>de <\/span>investigaci\u00f3n <\/span>interdisciplinario <\/span>que <\/span>revis\u00f3 <\/span>fuentes <\/span>primarias <\/span>en <\/span>el <\/span>Archivo <\/span>Nacional <\/span>y <\/span>en <\/span>los <\/span>repositorios <\/span>del <\/span>Instituto <\/span>Nacional <\/span>de <\/span>Propiedad <\/span>Industrial (<\/span>INAPI).<\/span><\/p>\n

Lacoste <\/span>explic\u00f3 <\/span>que <\/span>antes <\/span>de <\/span>establecerse <\/span>la <\/span>denominaci\u00f3n <\/span>de <\/span>origen, <\/span>exist\u00edan <\/span>destiler\u00edas <\/span>en <\/span>ciudades <\/span>como <\/span>Santiago, <\/span>Rancagua, <\/span>Valpara\u00edso <\/span>y <\/span>Concepci\u00f3n<\/span> que <\/span>usaban <\/span>el <\/span>nombre \u00ab<\/span>pisco\u00bb. <\/span>Sin <\/span>embargo, <\/span>con <\/span>la <\/span>creaci\u00f3n <\/span>de <\/span>la <\/span>denominaci\u00f3n <\/span>en <\/span>1931, <\/span>y <\/span>la <\/span>posterior <\/span>fiscalizaci\u00f3n <\/span>del <\/span>Estado, <\/span>solo <\/span>el <\/span>producto <\/span>elaborado <\/span>en <\/span>el <\/span>Norte <\/span>Chico <\/span>puede <\/span>ostentar <\/span>legalmente <\/span>ese <\/span>nombre<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Desde <\/span>entonces, <\/span>los <\/span>productores <\/span>comenzaron <\/span>a <\/span>destacar <\/span>con <\/span>orgullo <\/span>su <\/span>origen <\/span>territorial: <\/span>Copiap\u00f3, <\/span>Alto <\/span>del <\/span>Carmen, <\/span>Valle <\/span>de <\/span>Elqui, <\/span>Limar\u00ed, <\/span>Ovalle <\/span>o <\/span>Huamalata<\/span>, <\/span>consolidando <\/span>una <\/span>identidad <\/span>regional <\/span>que, <\/span>seg\u00fan <\/span>el <\/span>historiador, <\/span>se <\/span>explica <\/span>por <\/span>una <\/span>fuerte \u201c<\/span>topofilia<\/span>\u201d, <\/span>o <\/span>amor <\/span>al <\/span>territorio.<\/span><\/p>\n

Seg\u00fan <\/span>Lacoste, <\/span>las <\/span>denominaciones <\/span>de <\/span>origen <\/span>nacieron <\/span>en <\/span>Europa <\/span>a <\/span>ra\u00edz <\/span>de <\/span>la <\/span>plaga <\/span>de <\/span>filoxera<\/span>, <\/span>que <\/span>destruy\u00f3 <\/span>millones <\/span>de <\/span>hect\u00e1reas <\/span>de <\/span>vi\u00f1edos, <\/span>dando <\/span>paso <\/span>a <\/span>falsificaciones. <\/span>Para <\/span>proteger <\/span>productos <\/span>como <\/span>el <\/span>champ\u00e1n <\/span>o <\/span>el <\/span>jerez, <\/span>se <\/span>cre\u00f3 <\/span>un <\/span>sistema <\/span>de <\/span>certificaciones <\/span>basado <\/span>en <\/span>el <\/span>origen <\/span>geogr\u00e1fico.<\/span><\/p>\n

En <\/span>Am\u00e9rica, <\/span>este <\/span>fen\u00f3meno <\/span>comenz\u00f3 <\/span>m\u00e1s <\/span>tarde. <\/span>En <\/span>Chile, <\/span>la <\/span>primera <\/span>denominaci\u00f3n <\/span>de <\/span>origen <\/span>fue <\/span>precisamente <\/span>el <\/span>pisco<\/span>, <\/span>mediante <\/span>el <\/span>Decreto <\/span>con <\/span>Fuerza <\/span>de <\/span>Ley <\/span>N\u00b0<\/span>181 <\/span>del <\/span>15 <\/span>de <\/span>mayo <\/span>de <\/span>1931<\/span>. <\/span>Le <\/span>siguieron <\/span>la <\/span>primera <\/span>ley <\/span>de <\/span>vinos <\/span>con <\/span>denominaci\u00f3n <\/span>en <\/span>1937, <\/span>el <\/span>tequila <\/span>en <\/span>M\u00e9xico <\/span>en <\/span>1974<\/span>, <\/span>y <\/span>finalmente <\/span>el <\/span>pisco <\/span>peruano <\/span>en <\/span>1994<\/span>, <\/span>entre <\/span>otros.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lacoste <\/span>sostiene <\/span>que <\/span>el <\/span>caso <\/span>chileno <\/span>fue <\/span>especialmente <\/span>exitoso <\/span>gracias <\/span>a <\/span>la <\/span>asociatividad<\/span> de <\/span>las <\/span>destiler\u00edas <\/span>artesanales <\/span>del <\/span>Norte <\/span>Chico, <\/span>que <\/span>en <\/span>1933 <\/span>formaron <\/span>la <\/span>cooperativa <\/span>Control <\/span>Pisquero<\/span>, <\/span>lo <\/span>que <\/span>permiti\u00f3 <\/span>coordinar <\/span>estrategias, <\/span>consolidar <\/span>la <\/span>identidad <\/span>del <\/span>producto <\/span>y <\/span>posicionarlo <\/span>como <\/span>el <\/span>destilado <\/span>de <\/span>uva <\/span>m\u00e1s <\/span>importante <\/span>de <\/span>Am\u00e9rica<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tambi\u00e9n <\/span>destac\u00f3 <\/span>el <\/span>rol <\/span>visionario <\/span>del <\/span>entonces <\/span>presidente <\/span>Carlos <\/span>Ib\u00e1\u00f1ez <\/span>del <\/span>Campo<\/span>, <\/span>quien <\/span>promovi\u00f3 <\/span>esta <\/span>pol\u00edtica <\/span>de <\/span>protecci\u00f3n <\/span>con <\/span>miras <\/span>al <\/span>desarrollo <\/span>productivo <\/span>regional.<\/span><\/p>\n

Para <\/span>Lacoste, <\/span>el <\/span>pisco <\/span>chileno <\/span>no <\/span>solo <\/span>es <\/span>un <\/span>producto <\/span>agr\u00edcola, <\/span>sino <\/span>tambi\u00e9n <\/span>un <\/span>s\u00edmbolo <\/span>cultural <\/span>y <\/span>patrimonial<\/span>. \u201c<\/span>Este <\/span>producto <\/span>tiene <\/span>m\u00e1s <\/span>de <\/span>300 <\/span>a\u00f1os <\/span>de <\/span>trayectoria <\/span>y <\/span>elaboraci\u00f3n <\/span>en <\/span>el <\/span>Norte <\/span>Chico <\/span>de <\/span>Chile\u201d, <\/span>se\u00f1al\u00f3, <\/span>recordando <\/span>que <\/span>no <\/span>existe <\/span>ning\u00fan <\/span>otro <\/span>pa\u00eds <\/span>que <\/span>cuente <\/span>con <\/span>documentos <\/span>coloniales <\/span>que <\/span>acrediten <\/span>la <\/span>existencia <\/span>del <\/span>pisco <\/span>en <\/span>esa <\/span>\u00e9poca.<\/span><\/p>\n

Destac\u00f3 <\/span>adem\u00e1s <\/span>el <\/span>esfuerzo <\/span>que <\/span>implica <\/span>producir <\/span>en <\/span>una <\/span>zona <\/span>como <\/span>el <\/span>Norte <\/span>Chico<\/span>, <\/span>ubicada <\/span>en <\/span>el <\/span>borde <\/span>del <\/span>desierto <\/span>m\u00e1s <\/span>\u00e1rido <\/span>del <\/span>mundo, <\/span>con <\/span>escasa <\/span>disponibilidad <\/span>de <\/span>agua <\/span>y <\/span>terrenos <\/span>de <\/span>dif\u00edcil <\/span>acceso. <\/span>A <\/span>esto <\/span>se <\/span>suma <\/span>que <\/span>muchas <\/span>destiler\u00edas <\/span>siguen <\/span>utilizando <\/span>alambiques <\/span>artesanales <\/span>con <\/span>fuego <\/span>directo<\/span>, <\/span>donde <\/span>el <\/span>maestro <\/span>destilador <\/span>debe <\/span>saber, <\/span>sin <\/span>equipos <\/span>electr\u00f3nicos, <\/span>cu\u00e1ndo <\/span>cortar <\/span>cabeza, <\/span>coraz\u00f3n <\/span>y <\/span>cola <\/span>del <\/span>destilado<\/span>, <\/span>lo <\/span>que <\/span>requiere <\/span>un <\/span>alto <\/span>nivel <\/span>de <\/span>experiencia <\/span>y <\/span>dedicaci\u00f3n.<\/span><\/p>\n

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