Doluca
Doluca
started making wines in 1926, when Nihat
A. Kutman returned to
Doluca is
based at Mürefte, on the coast of the
Brightish red fruit on the nose. Interesting
palate. There’s
some strawberry fruit
initially, then a curiously attractive astringent note before finishing
with a
nice red fruit freshness. 85/100
The grapes
for this wine (the
name of the grape apparently means eye of the ox) come from south-east
It has quite a nice floral note on the nose.
It’s clean and fresh on the palate with red
fruits followed by a hint of
chocolate. Soft
tannins on the
finish. 90/100
The Bogazkere grapes comes from south east Anatolia, while the
Öküzgözü grapes
are sourced in
This is a blend of bogazkere,
öküzgözü and kalecik karasi. It shows some stewed
strawberries and black
fruit on the nose. A
light fresh
attack. It’s
fairly simple but works
well enough for what it is. 85/100
This is the “traditional” Villa Doluca and is a
blend of öküzgözü,
Karma is Doluca’s premium range, primarily marketed to the
on-trade in
Sevilen
There’s bright cherry fruit on the nose.
The palate is lightish and fresh.
It’s certainly attractive, but there’s
also a nice structure there,
evident on the finish. There’s
a rather
interesting red fruit character that’s slightly scented. 89/100
Bogazkere is apparently a very tannic grape.
There deep black fruits on the nose.
A big palate, but there are some interesting flavours. There’s a nice
structure and deep black fruit
which continue with lighter, more raspberry flavours.
Very interesting wine.
92/100
A very deep strawberry (some of which are stewed) and plum nose. Very wide entry profile. Full-on fruit gives way to
some structure and
firmish tannins on the finish. 88/100
Pamukkale
Sarapcilik
The Pamukkale
Winery was established by Fevzi
Tokat in the Güney region of Denizli in 1962.
It is still a family business, but has gone from the
initial 100,000
litre capacity in 1962 to 4 million litres today.
20% of the production goes to the EU,
principally
The Güney region is located to the north of Denizli province,
near the town of
The Senfoni wines are Pamukkale’s entry level wines. This is a blend of Emir
grapes from
Cappadocia in central Anatolia and Semillon from
This is a blend of narince grapes from Tokat, chardonnay from the
Güney region
and Semillon from Tekirdag. This
has an
interesting nose: fairly rich, with a bit of caramelised apple. Clean and fresh on the
palate; and very long.
83/100
The nose has blackberry and mulberry fruits.
Very deep palate. Some
interesting nutty-fruit-kernel flavours.
An interesting wine for an entry level range. 86/100
On the nose, there is muted blackberry fruit.
On the palate, it’s very firmly structured with
very, very solid tannins
dominating. 83/100
There are cherry-curranty aromas on the nose.
Good palate with interesting fruit.
87/100
The nose has fresh, minerally red fruit.
Very nice balance on the palate: there’s good
red fruit and a touch of
acidity. Firm
tannins on the
finish. 88/100
Büyülübağ
The
Büyülübağ winery is located on
The company
was established in 2004, after
replanting of the vineyards was begun in 2002.
The winery was completed in 2005 and is
A stinky, slight green black fruit nose.
There are red fruits on a very tannic, spicy palate. 84/100
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