Points : 6/10 Price : 81 TL I had a cheap Zinfandel ages ago but it’s definitely my first Turkish Zinfandel! On the nose it’s kind of aggressive with strong flavours of barbecue meats, leather, plum and strawberry. Ii’s medium full bodied with light tannins. On the palate I detected sweet tobacco, loganberry and white…
Category: Red wine
Prodom (Aydın) reserve Öküzgözü 2016
Points : 8/10 Price : 140 TL I’ve been strongly advised by Vinus wine shop’s manager to purchase this Öküzgözü made by Prodom (Aydın). He told me his friend, who is in charge of purchasing wine for a famous Turkish company which owns many hotels and restaurants, was a big fan of this Öküzgözü and…
Mozaik Winery, Mahrem Ekigaina 2011
Points : 7,5/10 Price : 120 TL Vinus shop. This is my first bottle of wine from Mozaik, a quite new winery situated close to the Aegean Sea. Their facility is brand new with a state of the art production site. They hired the services of an Italian team of wine advisers. They produce only…
Barbare Premier 2007 Cabernet Sauvignon
Points : 8,5/10 Price : 163 TL On the nose, black cherry, cassis, raspberry, coffee, cedar aromas. Medium full bodied, very fruity, medium high acidity, not as tannic as expected, very round for a cab sav. A quite strong alcohol taste but it’s still well balanced. I detected flavours of black cherry, black currant, prune,…
Vinkara Öküzgözü Winehouse 2015
Points : 7,5/10 Price : 56 TL Have I already told you that Öküzgözü is one of my favourite Turkish grapes? This bottle shows that you can get a quite complexe red wine without breaking the bank. It’s fruity with aromas of black fruits ,chocolate, cherry, grenade and eucalyptus. It’s really aromatic with a good…
Vinkara Mahzen Kalecik Karası 2015
Points : 7,5/10 Price : 82 TL Once again the Mahzen série made by Vinkara gave me a lot of pleasure. Such a beautiful nose! Slightly spicy with aromas of sweet cherry, raspberry, strawberry jam but also tobacco. I even detected some notes of dry fruits, datte to be precise. The texture is very pleasant….
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