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• wine30flight Likes this wine:

  May 25, 2017 - We found this wine made from Turkey's native Öküzgözü red grape in the Turkish Airlines lounge at Washington-Dulles International Airport (IAD). To be clear then -- because this is such an unusual wine -- "Diren" is the quite established winery from northern Turkey, and Öküzgözü is the grape varietal. A bit astringent and rough around the edges at first, we found that this wine paired amazingly with the Turkish dishes served in the lounge. It is truly a case for the notion that the best food and wine pairings are often those that match food and wine from the same part of the world. It's warmingly alcoholic with brambly red red (yes, two reds) raspberry fruit. We didn't pay for the glasses in the lounge (thanks, Priority Pass!), but we believe this wine can be had in the $10 range. We'd consider a true house wine contender if true.

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• henrygjeffreys wrote:

  July 28, 2016 - purple colour
  earthy grapey nose
  Fresh on the palate more svoury earthy notes. This has good structure, acidity and tannins. The fruit is very ripe almost heady and there's some liquorice too.
  Good stuff

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2014
• Type Red
• Producer Diren
• Varietal Öküzgözü
• Designation Collection
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Turkey
• Region Turkey
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• Appellation n/a
• UPC Code 863634000002

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• Consumed 5 (83%)

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