Points : 7/10 Price : Around 90 TL Gulor Öküzgözü & Malbec 2014 : Gulor was created by Mr Güler Sabancı, a businessman passionated by wine. This wine is very interesting : a blend of a local wine, Öküzgözü (80%), often compared to Pinot Noir, and Malbec (20%), also called Merlot. This wine has a…
Author: Joffrey Puente
Barbare Rosé 2015 Merlot Syrah
Points : 6,5/10 Price : Around 50/60 TL Barbare rosé 2015 Merlot Syrah : A quite decent rosé by Barbare winery. This blend of Merlot and Syrah is made of organic grapes. Yes, you guessed it. A biodynamic wine in Turkey. A few wineries have started this kind of production. It’s aromatic with red fruits…
Sevilen Plato 2016 Syrah Öküzgözü
Points : 7/10 Price : Around 80 TL Plato Sevilen 2016 Syrah Öküzgözü : Sevilen really is a nice winery. They’re good at making good affordable wines like this one. The nose is quite aromatic. You can smell red fruits like cherry and raspberry. Then once in the mouth plum comes out with other very…
Kocabağ Leo’s 2014 Öküzgözü
Points : 7,5/10 Price : 110 TL Kocabağ Leo’s 2014 (Öküzgözü, Cabernet Sauvignon, Boğazdere): Kocabağ is a Turkish winery situated in the magnificent region called Cappadocia. Leo’s is their high end production made of a blend of 2 local grapes (Öküzgözü and Boğazdere) and Cabernet Sauvignon. This wine needs to open itself otherwise you could…
Turasan Seneler 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot Syrah
Points : 6,5/10 Price : 65 TL Turasan Seneler 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot & Syrah : Big respect for Turasan winery which manages once more to produce a savoury wine at a decent price (65 TL). The nose has red fruit aromas with smells of earth and cloves. This is relatively strong bodied wine with…
Barbare Ambiance 2012 Syrah Grenache Mourvèdre
Points : 7,5/10 price : 37 TL Barbare Ambiance 2012 (Syrah, Grenache, Mourvèdre) : let me give a very special mention to this Rhône valley wine style! I’m really amazed by this wine which has rich spicy aromas with clove, cinnamon, black pepper and black fruits. It’s very well balanced with flavours of blackberry, black…
turkishwineisfantastic.com 