{"id":4976,"date":"2021-09-01T14:49:49","date_gmt":"2021-09-01T12:49:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bodegasvaldelana.com\/vino-de-la-ultima-cena\/"},"modified":"2021-09-01T16:54:19","modified_gmt":"2021-09-01T14:54:19","slug":"last-supper-wine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bodegasvaldelana.com\/en\/last-supper-wine\/","title":{"rendered":"The wine of the Last Supper will be available at Bodegas Valdelana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Last Supper was the one offered by Jesus Christ to his apostles the night before he was crucified. It has appeared in thousands of works of art, books, documentaries, films, and studies. Although there are many unknowns about it, there <\/span><b>Jesus distributed the bread and wine among his disciples, beginning the Eucharist<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. But what is known about the wine that was drunk that night?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4966\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bodegasvaldelana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/1b-Cuadro-ultima-cena-Da-Vinci.jpg\" alt=\"Cuadro de la \u00faltima cena - Da Vinci\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What wine did they drink at the Last Supper?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are several lines of research on the wine that was drunk at the Last Supper. One of the most advanced is supported by some remains of clay pots found by a group of Israeli technicians. From there, the genetic material of a variety of grape classified as <\/span><b>marawi has been obtained. It is believed that with this, the wine was prepared in Jerusalem<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Juanje&#8217;s words: \u201cThis variety practically disappeared because the Ottoman Empire destroyed the vineyards in the Jerusalem area. They believed that wine was something diabolical. <\/span><b>Now it has been cultivated again and is being harvested<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4972\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bodegasvaldelana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/1e-Bodegas-Valdelana-prepara-el-vino-de-la-ultima-cena.jpg\" alt=\"Juanje Valdelana trabajando en el vino de la \u00faltima cena (Elciego, Rioja Alavesa)\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Marawi grape: from Israel to Elciego<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Based on this theory, we have proposed to revive the wine that was drunk during the most famous dinner in Christendom. For this <\/span><b>we have been working since 2012 in the north of Israel<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, where we have already participated in three harvests of the Marawi variety. Since 2017, we have also started to grow it on one hectare in our Garden of Varieties. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As Juanje says: \u201cWe started this same project in an experimental hectare in Spain 4 years ago. We had four lines of work, three have failed and one came out. Let&#8217;s hope to harvest that hectare in 3 years. From there <\/span><b>we will produce between 6,000 and 6,500 bottles<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of this wine &#8220;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4964\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bodegasvaldelana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/1a-Bodegas-Valdelana-vino-ultima-cena.jpg\" alt=\"Trabajando en el proyecto del vino de la \u00faltima cena con colegas de Israel\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The characteristics of the wine of the Last Supper<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the biggest surprises has been to discover that <\/span><b>the wine of the Last Supper was white<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and not red as assumed. These are the characteristics of this wine:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">View: <\/span><b>greenish yellow<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> hue, an intense color.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Smell: <\/span><b>it is very floral<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on the nose. Aniseed, violet aromas and the smell of almond blossom predominate.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Taste: it has a <\/span><b>fresh and attractive acidity point<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> masked by the sweetness of the tannins on the tip of the tongue.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gradation: <\/span><b>no more than 13 degrees<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, it is not a very alcoholic wine.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4970\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bodegasvaldelana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/1d-Vino-de-la-ultima-cena-en-Bodegas-Valdelana.jpg\" alt=\"El vino de la \u00faltima cena se podr\u00e1 tomar en el Jard\u00edn de las variedades de Bodegas Valdelana (Elciego, Rioja Alavesa)\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Where can you get the wine for the Last Supper?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are still three years for this wine to be ready, but at Bodegas Valdelana we do not intend to distribute it, but rather to <\/span><b>offer it in our Garden of Varieties.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> To make the experience even more complete, we are recreating a 1st century winery in the garden, with a press and a mill. You will be the first to know. Thanks for your support!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several investigations assure that the wine of the Last Supper was prepared with the Marawi variety. 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