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Öküzgözü-Bogazkere, Vinkara 2020
A blend of two local Turkish varieties from one of the country's leading wineries. This is a bright, fresher and more lifted example than previous vintages, with delicious notes of red-apple skin and raspberry on the nose. The palate shows cherry, pepper, soft tannin and a deliciously pithy texture.
Price:
£11.50
Bottle
Price:
£138.00
Case of 12
In Stock
Code: TU221
Wine characteristics
- Red Wine
- Medium-bodied
- 75cl
- Drinking now
- 13% Alcohol
- no oak influence
- Cork, agglomerate
Vinkara
Vinkara – based in Kalecik, a town in the mountainous region north-east of Ankara – has been putting its heart and soul into revitalising the reputation of Turkish wines since 2003.
In fact, the Anatolia region, which encompasses most of Turkey, has a viticultural tradition dating back to the Hittites in 3000BC, but during the country’s turbulent political journey both the levels of production and the quality diminished.
Vinkara is owned by the dynamic Gursel family. Father Oguz Gursel was a very successful civil engineer, and the family now own excellent individual hotels, such as the Marmara in Istanbul. His daughter, Ardic, runs the winery with similar vision and commitment to quality.
The vineyards stand at around 650m above sea level, and are surrounded by mountains, creating an ideal microclimate for viticulture: during the summer, the mountains allow the flow of air to the plain, and in the spring and autumn the accumulated rain act as the vineyards’ natural water supply. They are also only 4km from the Kızılırmak River, which provides irrigation when necessary. This terroir – along with the large variation between day and night temperatures – give grapes grown here a high acidity and wonderful aromatic quality.
This climate is similar to that of many regions around the world where merlot, cabernet sauvignon and pinot noir are grown, and Vinkara does plant these popular varieties along with sauvignon blanc and riesling, however its first priority is the production of...