Points : 8/10 Price : 50 TL On the nose, blackberry, cherry, plum and some floral hints. Vibrant, fruit forward wine. Very tart with low tannins. On the palate, sour cherry, pomegranate, eucalyptus, clove and pine forest in the medium long finish. Easy drinking, good QPR. Cheap and quite enjoyable! It’s my second bottle of…
Category: Boğazkere
Yakut Kavaklidere 2018
Points : 5/10 Price : 61,90 TL. 37,90 TL for half a bottle (which I bought). You can find this wine almost everywhere in the country… I can imagine the face of many of my friends when they see this wine on my blog. Don’t laugh! I had to taste Yakut once in my life…
Corvus Öküzgözü Boğazkere 2015
Points : 8,25/10 Price : 115 TL at Savoy wine and tobacco shop in Cihangir. Red and black fruit aromas, pine forest, leather and cardamom. Soft tannins, well balanced wine. Full bodied. In the palate, cherry marmalade, strawberry, tobacco and clove. Finish with black pepper and sweet cherry. A bit too oaky but a good…
Urla Boğazkere 2017
Points : 8,5/10 Price : 135 TL at Macro Center My first Boğazkere mono cépage made by Urla winery and I’m not disappointed. I love the smell of this wine, generous, characterful with sweet black fruit aromas and hints of pepper, liquorice and dark chocolate. This medium high bodied wine is very well balanced with…
Gordias Boğazkere 2015
Points : 8,25/10 Price : 96 TL at Solera wine bar and shop It’s my first Boğazkere 100%. This grape is usually blended with Öküzgözü as it is quite rough since the name meaning “throat burner”. It’s often compared to a French grape called Tannat. To taste a single vintage made of Boğazkere, I thought…
Suvla Boğazkere Öküzgözü 2017
Points : 7/10 Price : 32 TL (50cl) I’ve been always heading to the upper series of Suvla until now but the usual Suvla (not Reserve or Grand Reserve) actually are very decent if you’re on a budget. Hence this one : On the nose, dried fruits, pine forest, red fruits (sweet cherry, red currant,…
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