Shirazi wine

Shiraz wine refers to the wine historically produced around the city of Shiraz in Iran. By the 9th century, the city of Shiraz had already established a reputation for producing the finest wine in the world , and was Iran's wine capital. The export of Shiraz wine by European merchants in the 17th century has been documented. One of the Believable version about origin of Shirazi wine Is related to History of Georgia, in 17th Century king of Iran Abbas II of Persia resettle people from eastern of Georgia in Iran and they bring in Shiraz Georgian grape variety Saperavi which is very similar to Syrah. As described by enthusiastic English and French travellers to the region in the 17th to 19th centuries, the wine grown close to the city was of a more dilute character due to irrigation, while the best Shiraz wines were actually grown in terraced vineyards around the village of Khollar. These wines were white and existed in two different styles: dry wines for drinking young, and sweet wines meant for aging. The latter wines were compared to "an old sherry" (one of the most prized European wines of the day), and at five years of age were said to have a fine bouquet and nutty flavour. The dry white Shiraz wines (but not the sweet ones) were fermented with significant stem contact, which should have made these wines rather phenolic, i.e., rich in tannins.

It is likely that Shiraz wines of older times were dried grape wines.

While travellers have described the wines as white, there seem to be no ampelographic descriptions of the vines or grapes. Marco Polo made mention of the wine, and other classical accounts describe vines trained by pulleys and weights to grow up one side of a house and down another.

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