Winery KayraVintage Single Vineyard Öküzgözü
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with
The Vintage Single Vineyard Öküzgözü of the Winery Kayra is in the top 40 of wines of Turkey and in the top 5 of wines of Eastern Anatolia.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Vintage Single Vineyard Öküzgözü of Winery Kayra in the region of Eastern Anatolia often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, oak or spices.
Details and technical informations about Winery Kayra's Vintage Single Vineyard Öküzgözü.
Discover the grape variety: Okuzgozu
Supple, fruity reds with a deep ruby robe, melted tannins and fresh acidity. Aromas of red cherry, raspberry, blackberry, soft spices, dried herbs and balsamic notes. Round palate, generous finish. Star of Turkey's great reds, often blended with Boğazkere for added structure (the Anatolian equivalent of a Cabernet/Merlot blend). Cultivated in Elazığ and Malatya in eastern Anatolia. Native Turkish variety; its name means "ox eye".
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Vintage Single Vineyard Öküzgözü from Winery Kayra are 2014, 2016, 2013, 0 and 2015.
Informations about the Winery Kayra
The Winery Kayra is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 93 wines for sale in the of Eastern Anatolia to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Eastern Anatolia
Turkish region with the country's highest average altitude (~2,200 m) in the Euphrates valley (Elazığ, Malatya, Diyarbakır, ancient cradle of viticulture), red clay-limestone soils, rigorous continental climate. Signature indigenous Öküzgözü red ("ox eye"): fruity with cherry, raspberry, blackberry, flowers and a spiced note, fine tannins and lively acidity. Complementary Boğazkere ("throat-burner", tannic, chocolate, tobacco), often blended in structured Anatolian reds.
The word of the wine: Amber
(1) A colour close to amber, sometimes taken on by white wines aged for a long time, or by oxidising prematurely. (2) A term used on the label to designate white Rivesaltes aged for at least thirty months in an oxidizing environment.
