Points : 6/10 Price : Around 65 TL Red berries in the nose (raspberry and red currant) fresh and lively wine, high acidity, orange peel and vanilla in the medium finish. not bad but I wouldn’t put it into my best of rosé wine list
Gordias 2012 Kalecik Karası, Merlot, Boğazkere
Points : 9/10 Price : Around 100 TL Gordias 2012 Kalecik Karası, Merlot, Boğazkere : Gordias is a boutique winery situated near Ankara that makes wonderful wines and is surprisingly not very well known. This incredible blend of Merlot and two local grapes (Kalecik Karası and Boğazkere) is properly amazing. The nose has earthy notes…
Buzbağ Emir Narince 2016
Points : 6,5/10 Price : 26 TL Buzbağ Emir Narince 2016 : One of the first bottles of Turkish wine I tried since we moved to Turkey. Long before thinking about a wine blog! Buzbağ is part of the famous Kayra winery but is in the lower price range. Only 26 TL (less than 5…
Porta Caeli Felici 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon
Points : 7/10 Price : 120 TL at La cave (Cihangir) but 65 TL at Rind (Kadikoy, Moda) Very fruity nose! Red fruit aromas… wild strawberry. On the palate very high acidity, alcohol a bit too prominent. Flavours of jammy cherry, strawberry and some spices. Some bitterness in the long finish. Quite good, a kind…
Vinolus Blush 2013 Kayseri (rosé)
Points : 6,5/10 Price : 52 TL Vinolus Blush 2013 Kayseri (Kalecik Karası 40%, Tempranillo 60%) This winery is not new on the Turkish wine map but they obtained the organic certificate only 9 years ago. Vinolus is located in Cappadocia not far from a volcano. They’re one of the few Turkish wineries to use…
Pamukkale Nodus Narince 2015
Points : 7,5/10 Price : 84 TL Pamukkale seems to be particularly good at making white wines. After the Füme Blanc, this Narince is a beautiful thing and a perfect example of the typical aromas of this grapevine. It’s a complex wine with aromas of vanilla and yellow apple. On a second nose you can…
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