Points : 8,5/10 Price : 75 TL Chamlija Cabernet Franc 2014 : A complex and exciting wine. I’m in love. Coffee, green pepper, cassis, dark plum, spices like rosemary… very impressive. Juicy, silky, a long length. Original, sensual, exciting.
Category: Red wine
Chamlija İstranca Müteşekkir 2015 Merlot Cabernet Franc Petit Verdot
Points : 6/10 Price : 39,90 TL I’ve just come back from a wine tasting organised by the wonderful Andrea Lemieux and this time it was about Turkish wines below 50 TL. That made me want to open a bottle of Chamlija Istranca Müteşekkir 2015. As a matter of fact this bottle could have been…
Porta Caeli Ament 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon Cabernet Franc Merlot Petit Verdot
Points : 9/10 Price : Around 120/150 TL Porta Caeli Ament 2014 : This Bordeaux blend is a beauty. I’m not a fan of their Cabernet Franc as I wrote before but this wine really is one of my favourite. Full bodied but not heavy, beautiful tannins, first aromas of wild strawberry, mint and undergrowth,…
Yedi Bilgeler Phytagoras Reserve 2013 Malbec Cabernet Sauvignon Syrah Merlot
Points : 8/10 Price : 90 TL Yedi Bilgeler Phytagoras Reserve 2013 : This blend made with Malbec, Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah and Merlot is very enjoyable. Its tannins remind me a bottle of Haut Médoc my grand father used to drink. Not exactly with the same density but it’s quite close. The addition of Syrah…
Yedi Bilgeler Solon Attica 2016 Malbec
Points : 8/10 Price : Around 75 TL Yedi Bilgeler Solon Attica Malbec 2016 : Malbec is a beautiful grapevine which has some very interesting characteristics : it usually have spicy, plum and liquorice aromas. This Malbec made by Yedi Bilgeler (the 7 sages) winery certainly is the best of its kind in Turkey. I…
Trajan rezerv 2010 Kalecik Karası
Trajan rezerv Kalecik Karası 2010 : A really beautiful nose with great aromas of strawberry, black cherry, plum, wet stone, spices and some hints of oak. Very impressive. I’m thinking : 8 years! This will be fantastic… maalesef!!! It was like this wine should be drunk earlier than 8 years later. Tannins are medium but…
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