Long time readers will recall that awhile back I posted about a bottle of Roman wine from around 325 AD. Well, that discovery has just been pushed back by three centuries:
In 2019, a glass cinerary urn containing a reddish liquid was discovered in a 1st century Roman mausoleum in Carmona, southern Spain.Cool.
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Researchers from the University of Córdoba analyzed samples of the liquid to determine its composition. They found that it had a PH 7.5, close to neutral, and contained biomarkers that are exclusive to wine. High-performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (HPLC-MS) identified seven wine polyphenols all of which matched those in modern wines produced in this area of Andalucía, including dessert wines from Montilla-Moriles, sherry-type wines from Jerez, and manzanilla from Sanlúcar.
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Was anyone brave..or stupid.... enough to taste it?
Don't forget to "Let it breathe" before tasting it.
I am reminded of Steve Forbes who paid thousands for a bottle of wine from Thomas Jefferson's wine cellar only to find the cork had dried out and fell in.
Maybe if someone tasted it, they would create a list of nine or ten flavors, nuances and characteristics that the oenophiles like to list when they taste wines.
What does a museum curator DO with something like that? It’d have to be whatever vinegar becomes when it dies and putrifies…
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