This is a Turkish wine made from two
indigenous grapes - Bogazkere and Okuzgozu, which I tasted at last year's wine
fair. Both are native grapes from Elazig province on the Anatolian plateau in
south eastern Turkey. Bogazkere gives dark red wine with blue hues, aroma of
dried red fruits, figs and spices, which are capable of long aging. Okuzgozu
whose named is derived from the large blue berries said to resemble bull's eye
(Okuzgozu means bull's eyes) produces light coloured wines with medium body,
berry fruits and spice flavours, medium body and good acidity. It is common to
make a blended wine from these two grapes. This wine was a deep ruby with
purple tints. The nose had a hot alcoholic whiff followed by red fruit notes.
The palate was soft tannic with slight fruity notes and acid, with a tannic
acid backbone for support.
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