Advent Wine Challenge Day 4: Wine Experience Project Kalecik Karası
Created by Göknur Gündoğan and Işık Gülçubuk, the Wine Experience Project was launched at the end of 2020. Per the group’s mandate, The Wine Experience Project respects vine, wine, and are “winebassadors” who include a mix of winemakers, wine writers, retailers, and select foreigners.
Select indeed, with some omissions. Ahem.
Advent Day 4
Wine Experience Project Kalecik Karası, 2021
The project’s freshman (and so far only) wine was a Kalecik Karası made with grapes sourced from the Kalecik-based winery Tafali’s. The grapes fermented in stainless steel tanks before aging on the lees for eight months. Bottled with no oak aging.
The wine poured the medium-opaque brickish red one associates with Kalecik Karası. Lovely aromas of red plums, bramble fruit, sage, and touch of earthy fern. An ever so slight rasp of tannin before it dissolved into a satin texture. Tart red fruits, game, stable, pepper, and a raspberry finish. Nice acidity, medium-bodied with 13% abv. Not overly complex but enjoyable.