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Reddish-brown liquid found in untouched 2,000-year-old Roman tomb is a local, sherry-like wine

The oldest wine ever to have been discovered in its original liquid form is reddish-brown and, quite conceivably, full-bodied. Reddish-brown because of the chemical reactions that have taken place in the 2,000 years since the white wine was poured into a funeral urn in southern Spain – and potentially full-bodied because the urn also contained, among other things, the cremated bones of a Roman man.

Analysis by experts at the University of Córdoba has established that the ancient tawny liquid inside the urn – which was found in a rare, untouched Roman tomb that was accidentally discovered in the Andalucían town of Carmona five years ago – is a local, sherry-like wine.

Prior to the discovery, which is reported in the Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, the oldest wine preserved in a liquid state was the Speyer wine bottle, which was excavated from a Roman tomb near the German city of Speyer in 1867 and dated to about AD 325.

The Spanish urn was recovered in 2019 after a family having some work done on their house in Carmona stumbled across a sunken tomb on their property.

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[–] slurpinderpin@lemmy.world 28 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Didn't Romans put lead in their wine to make it sweeter?

[–] Eheran@lemmy.world 31 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Lead acetate, yes, a common practice.

[–] nevemsenki@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, should've put them in the pipes like modern people do.

[–] cygnus@lemmy.ca 18 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Fun fact: the Romans used lead for water pipes too. They knew it had detrimental health effects, but the water caused a mineral buildup in the pipes that protected the water from lead contamination.

[–] MonkderDritte@feddit.de 2 points 4 months ago

the Romans used lead for water pipes too.the Romans used lead for water pipes too.

Uh, late romans?