Anfora Kalecik Karası Shiraz Blush
While I still approach pink wines warily I am more open to at least trying then than I used to be. That does not mean that I go out of my way to buy them; particularly not the cheaper brands like Anfora.
I have recently started holding Turkish wine tastings; informal parties at my place for my friends where the only rules are that you must bring a wine that is Turkish and is not DLC. If you don’t live here and you don’t know what DLC is count yourself lucky. As one of the goals of the tasting is to try a wide spectrum of Turkish wines at least one pink wine should make the roster. At the very first tasting I did, the pink wine was the 2014 Anfora Kalecik Karası Shiraz Blush from Pamukkale.
Pale peachy pink in the glass the nose is very fruit forward with a lot of strawberries. On the palate the Anfora blush was off-dry with a subtle acidity and minerality. While I want to be diplomatic and say that while I don’t see this particular blush bringing me any closer to being a fan of pink wines it wasn’t bad…I just can’t say that. I don’t like pink wine-full stop. I have tried and as there are two more bottles in my fridge I will keep trying…but really just avoid this one.
I did not buy this so I cannot confidently say how much it was but my experience with Pamukkale wines said that this Anfora blush was probably around 25TL and widely available at many of Turkey’s grocery stores if you want a bottle of your very own despite my advice that don’t.