Top 100 red wines of Ege Bolgesi
Discover the top 100 best red wines of Ege Bolgesi as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the red wines that are popular of Ege Bolgesi and the best vintages to taste in this region.
Discovering the wine region of Ege Bolgesi
Turkey's largest wine region (Aegean Sea, ~52% of production), ancient cradle of Smyrna and Ephesus, hot Mediterranean climate on clay-limestone and schist soils. Sultaniye is the signature white king (seedless grape, ~95% of vines at Manisa): lively and light with citrus, green apple, white flowers and honey touch, from dry to semi-sweet. Bornova Misketi (Muscat) floral and aromatic, Çalkarası as spiced rosé. International Cabernet and Syrah.
Wines of the Aegean sun.
Discover the grape variety: Zinfandel
Generous, high-alcohol reds with a dark robe and indulgent palate, showing aromas of stewed blackberry, raspberry, black pepper, liquorice, cinnamon and cooked fruit. Also vinified as a popular sweet rosé (White Zinfandel). Star of California (Lodi, Sonoma, Dry Creek Valley, Paso Robles) with sought-after century-old vines. Identical to Italian Primitivo and Croatian Crljenak Kaštelanski by DNA analysis.
Food and wine pairing with a red wine of Ege Bolgesi
red wines from the region of Ege Bolgesi go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of oxtail with seed sauce, lamb shoulder confit or butter chicken or chicken makkhani (india).
Organoleptic analysis of red wine of Ege Bolgesi
On the nose in the region of Ege Bolgesi often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit.
