Merlot Nero d’Avola Cabernet Franc Points : 7,5/10 Price : 109 TL With this Urla Nexus I can’t help thinking I’m drinking an Italian wine. The kind I’d love to drink on a hot summer with some grilled meat. The nose is quite complex with aromas of dark fruits (plum and blackberry), sweet spices and…
Category: Red wine
Karnas Shiraz 2014
Points : 9/10 Price : 122 TL Karnas is one of the most beautiful wineries in Turkey and yet known only by a few. Settled near Bodrum this winery aims to make wine with minimal intervention and thus with respect to the soil. This profound care for nature can be felt in this exceptional Shiraz….
USCA Sonnet 76 Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot
Points : 7,5/10 Price : 95 TL Another beautiful wine from USCA vineyards! This one is a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon (80%) and Merlot (20%) and as always it has the number of a Shakespeare’s sonnet. On the nose I detected dark fruits, underwood and sweet spice aromas. It has medium high tannins and it…
Öküzgözü Winery – Phokaia Foça Karası, Cabernet Sauvignon 2016
Points : 6,5/10 Price : 76 TL Öküzgözü winery is based near Izmir in Bornova and is one of the few winemakers to grow Foça Karası, a local grape almost disappeared since the departure of the Greeks who lived in the region and used to cultivate it to make wine. It used to be grown…
Yanık Ülke Nerello Mascalese 2016
Points : 7,5/10 Price : 67 TL In Izmir’s restaurants waiters will often recommend you Yanık Ülke as “the” local wine. This winery is cultivating a lot of different grapes among them some Italian grapes you will find only in Sicily. Like Nerello Mascalese. Nerello Mascalese is a dark skinned grape variety that grows mostly…
Chamlija Papaskarası Cabernet 2014 :
Points : 7,5/10 Price : Around 70 TL at Suvla boutique in Kanyon Papaskarası 50%, Cabernet Franc 25%, Cabernet Sauvignon 25% On the nose, black fruits, sour cherry, earthy tones, leather and sweet spices On the palate, black fruits (plum, blackberry, black raspberry), liquorice and pepper. It’s very well balanced. It has a good acidity,…
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