Points : 8,5/10 Price : Around 75 TL for a half bottle Arcadia wineries achieved a very good result here with this Sauternes type of wine called Arcadia 333. Sauternes in France are made of 3 kinds of grape usually : Sauvignon Blanc, Sémillon and Muscadelle. And of course the noble rot or Botrytis Cinerea….
Vinkara Winehouse Hasandede 2016
Points : 6,5/10 Price : 48 TL !!! Vinkara wineries make affordable and interesting wines. For example this Hasandede, a unique kind of grape reminding in some way a Pinot Grigio. It has a greenish yellow colour with some golden reflets. The nose starts with mint and lemongrass notes. A second nose let aromas of…
Chateau Kalpak 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot
Points : 8,25/10 Price : Around 120 TL Chateau Kalpak is a vineyard company trying to create a real sense of terroir with its wine. You can feel that with this bottle of Chateau Kalpak 2013 that we had the opportunity to taste at Alancha, a modern Turkish cuisine restaurant near Nişantaşı. It’s a classic…
Kayra Versus Alpagut 2015 Öküzgözü
Points : 8,5/10 Price : 87 TL Öküzgözü is one of my favourite Turkish grapes and this wine produced by Kayra never disappoints me. As always in Turkey alcohol is high with 14 degrees but tannins are soft. The nose is liquorice at first with red and black berries. The colour is deep ruby. The…
Doluca Sarafin 2015 Füme Blanc
Points : 7/10 Price : 85 TL Sarafin : a quite good wine serie made by Doluca winery that doesn’t take much risk, sells enjoyable wine of above than average quality both in red and white wine. Usually a bit expensive for what you get. Now there is for me one exception : Sarafin Fume…
Vino Dessera 2016 Kalecik Karası Blancs de Noirs
Points : 6,5/10 Price : Around 60 TL Turkish wine producers have also experimented what is called in French “Blanc de noirs”. Translated from Molière’s language, it means white wine made with red grapes. Here it’s a local Turkish grape called « Kalecik karası”. Vino Dessera are located in Thrace, the European part of Turkey,…
turkishwineisfantastic.com 