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Zorah Karasi Areni Noir 2013
The details of the Zorah property read like something of a fantasy. The vines are clones of the indigenous Areni Noir taken directly from a local monestary that dates to the 13th century, planted on their original rootstock at over 4,500 feet in elevation. The wines are partially aged in old Armenian amphorae, buried in the ground and sealed with wax. This is all especially intriguing, but the wines are even more so. One smell and sip of the Zorah's Karasi and you know that you're not facing a wine like anything you've ever had before.
Ratings on Delectable
Robbie Ward 
Hugely interesting. Areni Noir grape. Amphora aged (Karasi is Armenian for Amphora apparently) Wild and spicy. Bitter cherry in full flow. All reigned in quite beautifully though. Somewhere between a ripe Pinot and a Northern Rhone Syrah. Classy
Hugely interesting. Areni Noir grape. Amphora aged (Karasi is Armenian for Amphora apparently) Wild and spicy. Bitter cherry in full flow. All reigned in quite beautifully though. Somewhere between a ripe Pinot and a Northern Rhone Syrah. Classy
8.8
Adam Plotkin
Herbs, spice and darker fruits. #TexSom
Herbs, spice and darker fruits. #TexSom
8.5
Charlie Evans
Really cool white pepper thing going on in the back end of this.
Really cool white pepper thing going on in the back end of this.
9.1
Alder Yarrow
Wine Blogger Vinography
Oh yeah. Armenia rocks. Berries and smoke and leather and earth. Touch of oak.
Oh yeah. Armenia rocks. Berries and smoke and leather and earth. Touch of oak.
9.1
Christy Canterbury MW
Master of Wine
Qite different from what I recall in the 2012, this is nonetheless as sophisticated. Seemingly with less oak than I recall, this has what I'd call a purposeful and delightful rusticity with bright red fruits, dried tobacco leaf and decided earthiness.
Qite different from what I recall in the 2012, this is nonetheless as sophisticated. Seemingly with less oak than I recall, this has what I'd call a purposeful and delightful rusticity with bright red fruits, dried tobacco leaf and decided earthiness.
9.1Stephen Little
Lush fruit, black pepper, good grip
Lush fruit, black pepper, good grip
9.0
Mark Lindzy
My first Armenian wine, and it's quite tasty. Lots of fruit and earth, definitely red meat friendly.
My first Armenian wine, and it's quite tasty. Lots of fruit and earth, definitely red meat friendly.
8.9Robbie Ward
Full of intrigue. Lifted black fruits. Really spicy and fragrant. High acid, but balanced with a lovely earthy undertone. Lots to like.
Full of intrigue. Lifted black fruits. Really spicy and fragrant. High acid, but balanced with a lovely earthy undertone. Lots to like.
8.8Emmanuel Cazes
Très beau vin arménien
Très beau vin arménien
8.5
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