After sampling their house wine (a pretty obvious Bordeaux copy that didn’t inspire much appreciation), we decided to try eight wines, four each of the Bogazkere and the Ökuzgözu varietals.

Generally speaking, the Ökuzgözu wines are fruity and nice, with lots of flavors. Bogazkere wines presents more structure and are ideal companions to meat. Both are unexpectedly acidic. Turkish wine makers often blend the two, creating really quite excellent wines.

We were surprised at the range of characteristics displayed by each grape. One of the Ökuzgözu wines felt like a Russian River pinot noir, you know the kind you can drink a bucket of before you tire. Another was incredibly fruity, while a third was so acidic that we instantly hated it. I would easily have mistaken two of the Bogazkere for something nice from Bordeaux – excellent beef or lamb chop wines.

Turkish wine is definitely something we’ll keep an eye out for in our local wine store – where ever that will be!

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