Points : 8,25/10 Price : 195 TL at Mensiz Mahzen (Osmanbey). Red fruits, sour cherry, cassis, grenade, sweet spices, pines and some smoky and balsamic notes. A strong but round full bodied wine, very elegant and complex with smooth smoky tannins. Acidity is high. It’s very well balanced. On the palate, you’ve got flavours of…
Category: Öküzgözü
Garova Öküzgözü Zinfandel 2017
Points : 8,25/10 Price : 75 TL Those vineyards have been revitalised by Mehmet Vuran 15 years ago. Born and raised among them, he went to Bursa to study agricultural engineering. An accident made him come back to the family business. They used local grapes as table grapes but Mehmet Bey changed this activity and…
Kocabağ Öküzgözü 2018
Points : 8,5/10 Price : 101 TL at Macro Center Very aromatic and fruity. Cassis, cherry marmalade, eucalyptus and black pepper. Medium bodied, soft tannins, lots of fruits, high acidity. Very well balanced. Reminds me of a very good Gamay. On the palate, raspberry, pomegranate, prune, dried apricot and violet in the medium long finish….
Küp Thia Boğazkere Öküzgözü 2019, recolt 2018
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…
Akın Gürbüz Öküzgözü 2018
Points : 8,75/10 Price : 125 TL This new mono cepage from Akın Gürbüz has a nice new label on the bottle. What is it? A glass seen from above or a fetus? Anyway let’s taste this wine! On the nose, dark cherry, raspberry and mint. High acidity, great fruit concentration. Very round. Could age…
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…
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