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.
Was anyone brave..or stupid.... enough to taste it?
ReplyDeleteDon't forget to "Let it breathe" before tasting it.
ReplyDeleteI 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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