Points : 7/10 Price : 47TL at Carrefour Super Shiluh is one of the last remaining Syriac wine companies in Turkey. The Syriac community is maybe the oldest Christian community in the world. Here are two grapes, Mazrona and Kerkush, native to Mardin area situated in Eastern Anatolia. It’s very aromatic, on the nose sweet…
Category: White wine
Vino Dessera Alexandria Muscat 2018
Points : 8/10 Price : 70 TL from the winery This dry Muscat has a pale greenish colour. It’s very fragrant and complex with floral and citrus aromas. Some exotic notes too. I detected orange blossom, lemon and ginger. It’s a medium bodied wine. I love the roundness of the mouth. The texture is quite…
Yanık Ülke Premium Chardonnay 2017 Kula Bağları
Points : 7/10 Chardonnay and Muscat 40 TL at Carrefour Super Be very attentive in Carrefour super to the summer promotion on Yanık Ülke white wines. After the quite unknown but delicious Cataratto (an “r” is missing in the Turkish version), I found this premium Chardonnay (which is in fact a blend of it with…
Suvla Viognier 2018
Points : 7/10 Price : 59TL Suvla is launching a new vintage of Viognier. The 2018 has a floral, tangerine and exotic nose. Nothing exuberant. Not extremely weighty, it’s a medium bodied wine. On the palate, you will notice flavours of fleshy stone fruits (peach and apricot), honeysuckle, roasted peanuts and mango for the exotic…
Yanık Ülke Cataratto 2017
Points : 7,5/10 Price : 40 TL at Carrefour super… an incredible price for such an agreeable wine! Catarratto (or Cataratto as wrotten on this bottle…) is a classic white grape variety from Sicily. It’s not the first Sicilian variety grown by Yanık Ülke. There is also a nice Nerello Mascalese I’ve already talked about….
Chamlija Blanc de Blancs Müteşekkir 2018
Points : 7,25/10 Price : 48,90 TL in Migros and Macrocenter 56 % Albariño, 25 % Chardonnay 19 % Narince Don’t let the pale yellow colour of this white blend misguide you! This new addition to the cheaper serie Müteşekkir of Chamlija wines is not only fresh and vivid but also flavourful and generous. It…
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