"Istanbul Eats Drinks: 2007 Pamukkale Anfora Shiraz
(Editor’s Note: We’ve recently been lucky enough to make the acquaintance of Serdar Kombe, one of Turkey’s leading oenophiles. These are exciting times for Turkish wine and Serdar has generously agreed to review wines for us. For today’s “wine chat,” Serdar chose to talk about the 2007 Pamukkale Anfora Shiraz.)
1. We’ve always associated Shiraz with Australian reds, but here we have a Turkish version of the wine. Is Turkey a good home for Shiraz?
In my opinion our Shiraz wines can be described as being somewhere near Australian and other new world Shiraz. They are definitely not close to French ones. Shiraz vines are grown mainly west part of Turkey and our Shiraz wines are a reflection of that terrior. They are not as rich as Australian ones where the wine making skills and vinifaciton are more advanced. If you consider how wine growing culture is growing in Turkey, then the country can be considered a good home for Shiraz, although maybe it isn’t the best place for the wine (yet)."
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