After Armenia was discovered in a cellar of 6,100 years ago, probably the oldest in the world, at the foot of Mount Ararat, where he wants us to be stranded the biblical Noah's Ark, not only the past vineyards, but also a present, who speaks Italian. That's what the Wine project's Zorah, Zorik Gharibian fashion entrepreneur, who, with an initial investment of € 1 million, he called to follow the agronomist Stefano Bartolomei el'enologo Alberto Antonini, to discover the cradle of ancient wine-producing potential of enology and its vines. And so it was "in the valley of Yeghegnadzor in the village of Rind, was discovered near where the old winery, we made some mass selections, and among the varieties we are studying - Bartolomei said - there is one, in particular, the arena, which gives its name to a nearby village. " The most fascinating thing is that there never came the phylloxera, rootstocks are not used, and it is very likely that the variety is
same as it was thousands of years ago, "Partly because the area is isolated for centuries and are no traces of vines" foreigners. " The Arena is a red grape variety, from very thick skin, which allows him to not suffer the long insolation that we are at an altitude of 1,300 meters vineyard. In the summer of 2011 will arrive on the market the first wine produced in 20,000 bottles. We - adds Bartolomei -
we brought a bit 'of knowledge and Italian technology, we made a high-density vineyards trying to make low production, ripening a bit' longer and a bit above 'cleaning in the basement. From the first tasting, with a fruit wines are persistent, we are working on merger and tannins to make a great wine. We use Armenian barrels, which have a very compact wood and then we re-embraced the old traditions of putting the wine into the jars to store it underground. " You just have to wait for a drink of ancient history ...
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