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: Red wine
Garova Shiraz Petit Verdot 2017
Points : 8,5/10 Price : 115 TL or 75 TL, it depends where you purchase this wine. It could not be a compliment from a Frenchman but this wine has a new world flare and it’s really well done. First of all, in France, we don’t blend Syrah (Shiraz) with Petit Verdot. Australians and South…
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…
Prodom Tellus Syrah Petit Verdot 2016
Points : 8,25/10 Price : 60 TL Plum, blackberry, black cherry, cinnamon and some leather aromas. It was quick to open itself to me. I appreciated that! This wine spent 10 months in french oak with partial filtration. Body is not totally full, tannins are quite mature and it has good balance. On the palate,…
Vinolus Kalecik Karası Syrah 2009
Points : 8,25/10 Price : 76 TL at Carrefour SA Fulya Deep purple in hue with velvety texture. You can feel it’s more Syrah flavour packed. It’s medium high in body, tanins and acidity. It’s quite juicy. Flavours of black cherry, blackberry, plum, all spices, black pepper, liquorice and violet on the nose and palate….
Sobran Winery Nebbiolo 2018
Points : 7,25/10 Price : 75 TL Sobran is a new winery based near Alaşehir in the Aegean region. They are the first in Turkey to use Nebbiolo grape. Red garnet colour. On the nose, pot pourri, black tea, cherry, raspberry, leather. Medium acidity, raw tannins, high alcohol. On the palate, rose hip, wild strawberry,…
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