Herkese selâm!
Still incapacitated, still too displeased to write my usual wine
blather, however always willing to give offbeat wine potations a try!
Today I am willing to provide my palate with another Turkish wine adventure.
Not an autochthonous like at various occasions on this blog. This
time I am going fully international on it with a classical blend of
Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. The offbeat character of this wine
might be its origin. Turkish wine from Central and Eastern
Anatolya (and perhaps sometimes from the European part of Turkey) might be somehow prominent – at least here and there (and unfortunately most of the time nowhere). Wine
from the Aegean mainland coast isn't well known at all.
In 2006 half way between
Izmir and Antalya alongside the Mediterranean coast two German wine
enthusiasts from Ahr Valley – Frank Josten and Herrman-Josef
Kreuzberg of the fairly respectable Weingut Kreuzberg – started
with their local partner Mustafa Al a mostly daring and microscopically tiny project called
Thera.
The grapes for today's blend – 70 % Cabernet Sauvignon and
30 % Merlot – were cultivated in Yerkesik and Yenikoy in Mugla Province on an elevation of 300 to 700 meters above sea-level. The 15
to 18 months aging took place in lightly toasted Allier oak barrels.
So … enough input for today. My wrist and tendon sheath is starting
to hurt again. What a relief, even in times of incapacitation and pain there
are a few positive aspects. I leave it up to you to imagine which
ones I mean … anyway let's have a sip before the preventable
blather is about to have an unfortunate comeback ….
