Yacoubian-Hobbs Red Areni 2018
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Elegant aromas of morello cherry and strawberry mingle with baking spices and clove in this lighter bodied red wine. On the palate, bright notes of pomegranate, and white pepper are balanced by refreshing acidity, and a clean finish.
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Paul Hobbs' partnership with the Yacoubian family in the "birthplace of wine" yielded this mineral-driven red, grown in a high-altitude vineyard whose astonishing water source is the melting snow of Mount Ararat. Featuring indigenous variety Areni with 5% Tozot and aged 20 months in stainless steel, it offers an immediate sense of elegance, releasing a sublime stream of strawberry and rose petal. The wine reaches a floral crescendo from the midpalate to the finish while dipping into spiced cedar, white pepper, and cinnamon.
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This black cherry-colored wine has a nose of blackberry, Earl Grey tea, clove and butterscotch. Cassis, Mission fig, milk chocolate, violet and baking spice flavors are wrapped in a web of silky tannins. The vivid finish is marked with a hint of mint.
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Beyond the usual suspects, there are hundreds of red grape varieties grown throughout the world. Some are indigenous specialties capable of producing excellent single varietal wines, while others are better suited for use as blending grapes. Each has its own distinct viticultural characteristics, as well as aroma and flavor profiles, offering much to be discovered by the curious wine lover. In particular, Portugal and Italy are known for having a multitude of unique varieties but they can really be found in any region.
Sitting just north of Iran and east of Turkey, Armenia is a mountainous and land-locked ex-Soviet republic. As part of the Transcaucasion region, which includes eastern Turkey, Azerbaijan and Georgia, Armenia is among the oldest of wine growing regions. While the prevalence and popularity of Armenian winemaking has evolved over the centuries, the wild vine Vitis vinifera silvestris (an ancestor of today’s Vitis vinifera wine-producing species) has been growing here for over a million years. Today the majority of the grapes grown in Armenia go to Brandy production, but the rising demand for Armenian wine in its most popular market, Russia, is fueling growth of still wine production. Most of the country’s wines come from the regions of Armavir, Ararat and Vayots Dzor. Though Armenia lays claim to hundreds of indigenous varieties, it uses only about 30 for the majority of its wine production, three quarters of which is white. The key white varieties include Chilar, Lalvari and Voskehat; for reds, Kakhet, Areni and Khndogni (also known as Sireni) are the main players.