Reddish-brown liquid found in untouched 2,000-year-old Roman tomb is a local, sherry-like wine
The liquid in the urn was reddish-brown because of the chemical reactions that have taken place in the 2,000 years since the white wine was poured in.The liquid in the urn was reddish-brown because of the chemical reactions that have taken place in the 2,000 years since the white wine was poured in.The oldest wine ever to have been discovered in its original liquid form is reddish-brown and, quite conceivably, full-bodied.
The tomb contained eight burial niches, six of which held urns made from limestone, sandstone, or glass and lead. Each urn contained the cremated bone remains from a single individual and two of the urns were inscribed with the names of the deceased: Hispanae and Senicio.in one of the urns that contained a 2,000-year-old patchouli-scented Roman perfume, it had not given up all its secrets.
“We looked for biomarkers, which are chemical compounds that unequivocally tell you what a particular substance is,” said the chemist. “In this case, we looked for polyphenols exclusively from wine – and we found seven wine polyphenols. We compared those polyphenols with those from wines from this part of Andalucía – and they matched. So that confirmed it was wine. The next thing to do was to establish whether it was a white wine or a red wine.
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