Best Wines of Ankara — Guide, Ranking & Reviews | Winedexer

Discover the best wines of Ankara as well as the best winemakers of Ankara and estates of Ankara to visit. Explore the popular grape varieties of Ankara and the best vintages to taste in this region.

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Top wines of Ankara by region

Looking for a good wine of Ankara among the top wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent wines of Ankara. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be appropriate with these exceptional wines. Learn more about the region and the wines of Ankara with technical and enological descriptions.

Great red wines of Ankara

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Food and wine pairing with a red wine of Ankara

Red wines from the region of Ankara go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef with dark beer, mediterranean lamb necklace or rabbit on the barbecue.

Organoleptic analysis of red wine of Ankara

On the nose the red wine of the region of Ankara. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oaky or earthy and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, forest floor or strawberries.

The best vintages in red wine of Ankara

  • 2016With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2020With an average score of 3.78/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.77/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.71/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.70/5

The most used grape varieties in red wine of Ankara

  • Öküzgözü
  • Bogazkere
  • Kalecik Karasi
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot

Discovering the wine region of Ankara

Central Anatolia around the Turkish capital (plateau ~900 m), continental dry climate with strong temperature swings. Kalecik Karasi reigns in red (indigenous variety saved from extinction in the 1960s): supple and juicy with red cherry, raspberry, strawberry and floral touch, round tannins and freshness — the Turkish Pinot Noir in elegance. Denser Bogazkere and Okuzkare (blackberry, plum, spices). Cabernet and Syrah as complement.

Accessible reds to drink young.

Great white wines of Ankara

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Food and wine pairing with a white wine of Ankara

White wines from the region of Ankara go well with generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or vegetarian such as recipes of quick smoked salmon croque-monsieur, parillade of fish and seafood or magic cake cheese quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wine of Ankara

On the nose the white wine of the region of Ankara. often reveals types of flavors of earth, microbio or vegetal and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, spices or citrus fruit.

The best vintages in white wine of Ankara

  • 2018With an average score of 3.72/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.64/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.57/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.57/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.51/5

The most used grape varieties in white wine of Ankara

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Narince
  • Muscat Blanc
  • Hasandede
  • Fumé Blanc
  • Chardonnay

Discover the grape variety: Narince

Dry, vivid and delicate whites with a pale robe, slender mouthfeel and fresh acidity, with refined aromas of citrus (lemon, grapefruit), green apple, pear, white flowers, cut grass and mineral notes. Thirst-quenching profile and remarkable finesse, with good ageing potential. Star of the Tokat hillsides in central Anatolia along the Yeşilırmak river, ambassador of the qualitative renewal of modern Turkish whites. An Anatolian autochthon whose name means "delicate" in Turkish.

Great sparkling wines of Ankara

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Food and wine pairing with a sparkling wine of Ankara

Sparkling wines from the region of Ankara go well with generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of veal shank with mushrooms, ham and cheese macaroni gratin or my grandmother's rabbit stew.

Organoleptic analysis of sparkling wine of Ankara

On the nose the sparkling wine of the region of Ankara. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, oak or tree fruit.

The best vintages in sparkling wine of Ankara

  • 2016With an average score of 3.92/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.82/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.81/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.70/5

The most used grape varieties in sparkling wine of Ankara

  • Kalecik Karasi
  • Pinot Noir

The word of the wine: Courgée

Name of the fruiting branch left after pruning and which is then arched along the trellis in the Jura (in the Mâconnais, it is called the tail).

Great pink wines of Ankara

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Food and wine pairing with a pink wine of Ankara

Pink wines from the region of Ankara go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of pot-au-feu or alice's rabbit.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wine of Ankara

On the nose the pink wine of the region of Ankara. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, red fruit or microbio and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit, tropical fruit.

The best vintages in pink wine of Ankara

  • 2016With an average score of 3.56/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.53/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.48/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.45/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.40/5

The most used grape varieties in pink wine of Ankara

  • Kalecik Karasi
  • Calkarasi
  • Muscat Hamburg
  • Merlot
  • Gamay

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

Whites with many faces: mineral and taut at Chablis (lemon, green apple, flint), opulent and buttery at Meursault and Puligny-Montrachet (hazelnut, brioche, yellow fruits), tense and chalky in Champagne (Blanc de Blancs). Also vinified sparkling and widely exported (Sonoma, Margaret River, Casablanca). A Burgundian variety, a cross of Pinot Noir × Gouais Blanc, half-sibling of Aligoté.

Great sweet wines of Ankara

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Food and wine pairing with a sweet wine of Ankara

Sweet wines from the region of Ankara go well with generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The best vintages in sweet wine of Ankara

  • 2016With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.50/5

The word of the wine: Vaccaresis

Black grape variety, one of the 13 of Châteauneuf-du-Pape, which can be used in a blend in this appellation and other neighbouring AOCs (Côtes-du-Rhône, Gigondas...). It produces a floral, elegant and fresh wine, which balances the warmth of the Grenache. It is rare.