Kavaklidere Cotes d’Avanos Tempranillo 2015

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…

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…

Çamlıbağ Ayapetro Merlot 2010

Points : 8,5/10 Price : 105 TL at Rind Black cherry, plum, tobacco, vanilla, cedar and eucalyptus. Wonderful fruity and complex aromas. Mild tannins very well integrated. Medium bodied. Kind of fat or creamy. High acidity. On the palate, sugar plum, fruit cake, black cherry, blackberry, fig, chocolate, mint, toffee. Very long finish. Beautiful!!!! For…

Çamlıbağ Bozcaada Özel Rezerv Kuntra 2013

Points : 8/10 Price : 53 TL at Rind wine shop in Moda, Kadıköy I think Çamlıbağ is my favourite Bozcaada’s winery. The regular wines are quite cheap and good. If you want something special, you can have one the few bottles of Ayapetro serie. Kuntra here is the Greek name of a quite well…

Suvla Agiorgitiko 2018

Points : 8/10 Price : 89 TL at the Suvla boutique in Cihangir This is the first Turkish version of a famous red Greek grape called “Agiorgitiko” (right prononciation is “Ayoryitiko”), a versatile grape which can be whatever the winemaker wants it to be. This first production is not big so run to a Suvla…

Chamlija Asticus Mons Merlot 2016

Points : 9/10 Price : 195 TL at the winery That’s an amazing wine we have here. This Merlot was raised 16 months in French oak without filtering. This is the first and only single vineyard and 100% Merlot bottling for Chamlija. 2016 is known to be the best vintage at the winery. Well, 2019…