Points : 8,5/10 Price : 100 TL at Milano Gurme This wonderful Turkish Sauvignon Blanc seems about the same as the 2016 Vintage. It’s quite hard to find a difference without tasting both vintages at once. Nevertheless I’d say that this year I’ve found even more flavours and it remains one of my favourite Sauvignon…
Category: White wine
Yanık Ülke Gewürztraminer 2016
Points : 7/10 Price : 80 TL Yanık Ülke Winery is not afraid of experimenting and being the only one to use grapes such as Gewürztraminer here. On the nose I detected lychee and tangerine flavours plus some floral notes (rose). This wine is slightly oily with a medium acidity and minerality. Exotic spices can…
Kastro Tireli Narince Viognier 2015
Points : 7,5/10 Price : 114 TL Narince 55% Viognier 45% Hmmm what an aromatic nose! It’s incredible : you can detect quince at once and then white flowers of course, fruit blossom and some hints of green apple. Very pleasant! On the palate it’s round and creamy and at the same time you can…
Vinolus Roussanne 2016
Points : 9/10 Price : 125 TL Roussanne is a particularly refined grape that gives elegant, complex and aromatic wines and Vinolus is one of the few Turkish wineries to cultivate this grape. When I found this bottle at Suvla boutique in Kanyon, I realised how lucky I was as it is almost impossible to…
Turasan Emir 2016
Points : 7/10 Price : 91 TL at Suvla boutique in Emaar Square AVM. A bit of a rip off as this wine usually costs much less… This very pleasant white wine grows on high altitude on volcanic soils in Cappadocia and it shows in its strong mineral notes. Turasan Winery is very famous for…
Arcadia Sauvignon Blanc Sauvignon Gris 2015
Points : 7/10 Price : 61 TL Those two grapes are like brother and sister. Sauvignon Blanc tends to be more aromatic and Sauvignon Gris more voluptuous, even richer in texture. Let’s taste this wine now : On the nose we can feel citrus aromas like grapefruit, orange peel but also melon. On the palate…
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