Producer

The Sevilen winery was founded by Bulgarian immigrant Isa Güner in 1942, who convinced by Turkey’s potential for producing quality wines, purchased four hectares of land in Izmir and began planting vineyards. His passion for the land led him to name his fledgling business Sevilen, meaning ‘Beloved’. Expansion took a step change under his sons, Gökhan and Coflkun, who joined the business in 1958, growing the holdings to 50 hectares. Now run by the third generation of the Güner family, Sevilen own a total of 160 hectares of vineyards and demonstrate a level of ambition that has positioned them as one of Turkey’s most significant high-quality wine producers.

Vineyard

The grapes sourced are from Sevilen’s finest vineyards high up on the Denizli plateau. The low-yielding vines are planted at a high density on clay and limestone soils. The grapes were harvested by hand.

Winery

The grapes underwent fermentation in stainless-steel tanks at 24-25°C, with ten days’ maceration on the skins. After fermentation, the wine underwent twelve months’ ageing in 225-litre, medium toast, French oak barrels.

Taste

Initially there is an abundance of blackberry, plum and mulberry fruit flavours, which give way to elegant and savoury notes of spice. The tannins are finely grained and give weight and substance to the midpalate and the finish is rich and lengthy, befitting of this flagship blend.