Last Friday we celebrated the “world champagne day”. As I’m in Germany now, we did it with a wonderful Sekt (German sparkling wine). Now let me tell you about Kavaklidere winery, one of the most Francophile of all Turkish wineries. The Blanc de blancs I’m going to talk about was created especially for the 90…
Category: Emir
Argos Bağları Nahita Dokya Emir 2019
8,5/10 I’ve been very pleased by this wine.It’s made by Argos winery in Cappadocia, central Anatolia.I had already had a bottle of Emir made by Argos winery, serie Gilamada.It’s a bit confusing. It seems as if there are Two Argos wineries…I drank the Argos Nahita Dokya Emir at Lacivert restaurant in Bodrum.They advised me to…
Kocabağ Emir 2018
Points : 8,75/10 Price : 110 TL at Vinus. Kocabağ is maybe the best winery of Cappadocia and what they do with Emir grape is incredible. Emir is a local white grape that is usually being served as a table grape. Some other wineries are doing wine made of Emir alone like Turasan or Prodom….
Argos Gilamada Emir 2016
Points : 8/10 Price : 150 TL at La Cave I really liked this wine except for the price… On the mouth, I’ve detected lemon, orange zest, green apple, white pear and white flower aromas. Acidity is quite high with a strong alcoholic taste surprising at 12.3 degrees. It’s quite lively but not as mineral…
Turasan Emir 2016
Points : 7/10 Price : 91 TL at Suvla boutique in Emaar Square AVM. A bit of a rip off as this wine usually costs much less… This very pleasant white wine grows on high altitude on volcanic soils in Cappadocia and it shows in its strong mineral notes. Turasan Winery is very famous for…
Buzbağ Emir Narince 2016
Points : 6,5/10 Price : 26 TL Buzbağ Emir Narince 2016 : One of the first bottles of Turkish wine I tried since we moved to Turkey. Long before thinking about a wine blog! Buzbağ is part of the famous Kayra winery but is in the lower price range. Only 26 TL (less than 5…
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