Zorah
Zorah is a winery located in Armenia, in the heart of the Vayots Dzor region, a very ancient area rich in history and culture, where wine has been produced since the dawn of time. A long exegetical tradition seems to identify Mount Ararat, where Zorah's vineyards are located, as the place where Noah landed with his ark and inaugurated viticulture and wine production. From the desire to rediscover the origins of wine and to recover its roots, Zorik Gharibian, an Armenian raised in Italy, founded the Zorah winery with the precise intention of producing wine according to ancient traditions dating back over 6,000 years, studying the artifacts and archaeological sites of the nearby Areni 1 cave, considered the oldest winery in the world, the fortress of Garni, and Karmir Blur, with its 480 large buried amphorae.
The vineyards of Zorah winery are located in the rural village of Rind and at the foot of Mount Ararat, between 1400 and 1600 meters above sea level. The only cultivated grape varieties are those indigenous to the territory, such as Areni, and the vines are own-rooted on rocky and sandy soil. In the winery, the use of ancient Armenian amphorae, called karas, together with modern temperature-controlled concrete tanks represents the perfect synthesis of ancient and modern, but always in respect of the oldest winemaking practices. Since amphorae are no longer produced in Armenia, it was necessary to search for them from village to village, buying them from local farmers.
The wines of Zorah are distinguished by elegance, structure, aromatic intensity, and pleasantly wild spicy notes. They arise from the collaboration between Zorik Gharibian and two Italians trained in Tuscany at Antinori: agronomist Stefano Bartolomei and winemaker Alberto Antonini. In a short time, these wines have received praise from critics and various enthusiasts around the world, captivated by their ancestral character… combined with a very modern elegance.
Zorah is a winery located in Armenia, in the heart of the Vayots Dzor region, a very ancient area rich in history and culture, where wine has been produced since the dawn of time. A long exegetical tradition seems to identify Mount Ararat, where Zorah's vineyards are located, as the place where Noah landed with his ark and inaugurated viticulture and wine production. From the desire to rediscover the origins of wine and to recover its roots, Zorik Gharibian, an Armenian raised in Italy, founded the Zorah winery with the precise intention of producing wine according to ancient traditions dating back over 6,000 years, studying the artifacts and archaeological sites of the nearby Areni 1 cave, considered the oldest winery in the world, the fortress of Garni, and Karmir Blur, with its 480 large buried amphorae.
The vineyards of Zorah winery are located in the rural village of Rind and at the foot of Mount Ararat, between 1400 and 1600 meters above sea level. The only cultivated grape varieties are those indigenous to the territory, such as Areni, and the vines are own-rooted on rocky and sandy soil. In the winery, the use of ancient Armenian amphorae, called karas, together with modern temperature-controlled concrete tanks represents the perfect synthesis of ancient and modern, but always in respect of the oldest winemaking practices. Since amphorae are no longer produced in Armenia, it was necessary to search for them from village to village, buying them from local farmers.
The wines of Zorah are distinguished by elegance, structure, aromatic intensity, and pleasantly wild spicy notes. They arise from the collaboration between Zorik Gharibian and two Italians trained in Tuscany at Antinori: agronomist Stefano Bartolomei and winemaker Alberto Antonini. In a short time, these wines have received praise from critics and various enthusiasts around the world, captivated by their ancestral character… combined with a very modern elegance.
