A selection of Zorah wines from Armenia, new to Connecticut from Slocum & Sons.

Slocum & Sons added wines from Zorah in Armenia, which bills its offerings as “6,000 years of history in every bottle.” The country hosts the world’s oldest winemaking facility, the Areni 1 cave, dating back to 4,000 B.C. The vineyards of Zorah are situated at 4,500 feet above sea level at the foothills of Mount Ararat. Working uniquely with native varieties, the vines are planted on their own roots directly into the rocky soils. Owner Zorik Gharibian had a successful career in Italian fashion and dreamed of owning vineyards in Tuscany until he visited his ancestral homeland. Wines include Voski White, made with ancient native grape varieties, Voskèak and Garandmak; Heritage White, made with the Chilar grape variety; Karasi Red, made from one of the oldest grape varieties in the world, Areni; and Heritage Red Sireni and Ararati White, made with Sireni, a mid-ripening red grape variety, and Ararati, an indigenous white grape variety. Both varieties are fermented separately in traditional Armenian clay amphorae, buried, then blended together and aged for about two years in a mix of clay amphora and concrete, then another year in the bottle.