The Winery Gordias of Central Anatolia
The Winery Gordias is one of the world's great estates. It offers 15 wines for sale in of Central Anatolia to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery Gordias wines in Central Anatolia among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Gordias wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Gordias wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery Gordias wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of polish goulash, sauté of pork with chorizo or aiguillette of duck with honey.
On the nose the red wine of Winery Gordias. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, spices or black fruit.
Anatolia is the large peninsula which is the westernmost section of the Asian continent. It makes up most of the Asian Part of the modern country of Turkey. Its eastern and southeastern areas are thought to be among the first regions in the world to produce wine.
Wine subregions of Anatolia
Mid-southern Anatolia (around 12 percent of national production) consists of the provinces Kayseri, Kirsehir, Aksarayi and Nigde.
Climate is continental with hot Dry summers and cold winters
Annual rainfall varies between 400 and 600mm (16-24in)
Soils are mainly sand, sandstone and – most significantly for quality winemaking, volcanic tuff
Key Grape varieties are Chardonnay, Dimrit, Emir, Kalecik Karasi, Malbec, Narince, Öküzgözü, Sauvignon Blanc and Tempranillo
Mid-northern Anatolia (3 percent) includes the vineyards of Usak Province in the west and Ankara province.
Climate is continental, with annual rainfall of 200-400mm (8-16in)
The main soils are pebbly clay loam
Key grape varieties are Bogazkere, Kalecik Karasi, Öküzgözü and Syrah
Mid-eastern Anatolia (15 percent) includes the wine areas of Tokat, Elazig and Malatya Provinces.
Elazig and Malatya have continental climates while Tokat is more influenced by the Black Sea
Rainfall ranges from 600 to 1,000m (24-39 in)
Tokat soil is based on alluvial fan and river bed, in the other regions it ranges from red clay to decomposed granite and chalky clay
Main grape varieties are Narince, Bogazkere and Öküzgözü
Southeast Anatolia’s (3 percent) main growing areas lie in Diyarbakir Province.
Climate is continental with dry very hot days and cold nights in summer
Rainfall varies between 600 and 2,000mm per year (24-39in).
Soils are mainly decomposed sandstone and red clay
The main variety is Bogazkere
The history of early wine production in Anatolia
Turkey (in particular Eastern Anatolia) tends to compete with several of its neighbors in claiming the title of cradle of winemaking. In these countries archaeological finds which support their cause are usually heavily publicized.
The oldest permanent winemaking facility found to date – from 4,100BC - is actually located in the Areni-1 cave Complex of Armenia. Evidence of viticulture and more ad hoc grape Fermentation dates much to at least 7,000BC in China, and 5,000BC or earlier in Anatolia.
How Winery Gordias wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .
A very old indigenous grape variety grown in Turkey (Anatolia, etc.), most often at high altitudes. Virtually unknown in France and in almost all other wine-producing countries, although attempts have been made in Australia. It is thought to be related to the morek, another Turkish variety.
How Winery Gordias wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .
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Often followed by a name that allows for recognition and identification, the word "cuvée" designates a specific wine within the production of a winemaker. This wine is characterized by a specific grape variety, a type of maturation and an organoleptic profile. All the vintages of a domain constitute a range.