Vayots Dzor, Maran, her son Harutyun and the family that “begot” the vineyard

The origins of Maran date back to 1828-30, when Sargis, son of Eynat, the Prince of Khoy, and his wife Maran repatriated from Persia to the Armenian province of Vayots Dzor. In 1860 Harutyun, Sargis’s son, expanded the vineyard his parents had planted and called it Marani as a tribute to his mother. A few years later he built a semi-industrial wine press by the vineyard.

The vineyard was acquired back by the family in 2020. It still flourishes and is known as “Maranents Chri Eqi”. That is because it is at the high end of the village, by the Chrr waterfall, which irrigates it.