Points : 8,25/10 Price : 134 TL at Macro Center On the nose : smoke, vanilla, red fruits, sweet spices. Well integrated tannins, powerful yet very smooth. Full bodied. On the palate : sour cherry, strawberry sauce, blueberry, dried rose. Then bitter chocolate, pastrami. Then roasted coffee, vanilla and menthol in the long finish. Really…
Author: Joffrey Puente
Çamlıbağ Bozcaada Özel Rezerv Cabernet Sauvignon 2015
Points : 8/10 Price : 62 TL at Rind, Kadıköy Redcurrant, cranberry, blackcurrant, baking spices, tobacco and cedar. Medium bodied, fruity, very mild tannins, very smooth. On the palate, redcurrant, cranberry, red pepper, cigar boxe, green peppercorn, mint. Really pleasant. The kind of red wine you can drink anytime. Very good quality price ratio.
Büyülübağ Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve 2015
Points : 8/10 120 TL at Macro Center On the nose, very aromatic : Black cherry, prune, fig, chocolate, green pepper, baking spices, tobacco pipe… It’s fruity, full bodied with mild tannins. Alcohol is quite high. On the palate I detected flavours of black cherry, redcurrant, cranberry, oregano, vanilla and mint. A powerful and rich…
Arcadia Nareen Cuvée Michel Salgues Brut 2015
Points : 7/10 Points : 235 TL at the Arcadia winery I was quite excited by the idea of tasting this new Turkish sparkling wine. My previous experiences with Turkish sparkling wines had not been very positive. This bottle is the first sparkling wine made of Narince, a Turkish white grape as versatile as a…
Çamlıbağ Blush 2017 Kuntra
Points : 7/10 Price : 55TL at Vinus wine shop Quite appealing nose! Strawberry, cherry, red plum, red pepper aromas. Low acidity, fruity. Strawberry, cherry, thyme and spices on the palate. I’m not totally seduced by this rosé but it’s very drinkable nonetheless.
Motella Kalecik Karası 2016
Points : 6,5/10 Price : 84 TL at Eataly!!! First production it seems as it was produced the same year this winery was founded (Italian name, found in Eataly, the Italian food and wine supermarket… are there any Italian people behind this winery?). Let’s taste this wine now: Not very pretty nose at first. Second…
