We bought this red wine Pamukkale Diamond 2011 at Waitrose supermarket. it is lovely wine at a reasonable price. it is on offer at £6.99 a bottle rather than £9.99. It is made from Syrah (Shiraz), Merlot, Kalecik Karasi and Bogazkere black grapes.
http://www.waitrosedirect.com/product/pamukkale-diamond/846535
The wine does exactly what it says on the bottle; the tannin, sugar, alcohol and acidity are well balanced and it has a concentrated red fruit flavour. It not a particularly complex wine and does not leave a long taste on the palate.
Our friends had difficulty guessing where the wine from but they thought it came from the southern Mediterranean - not bad.
Half a bottle went down well one night with grilled chicken and cheese and the other half went down well with roast pork the following evening.
This wine is just as good as wine from France or Italy at the same price. It is good quality wine which will keep a few years more and mature in the bottle.
It is priced just right at £6.99 a bottle. I do not think I would be prepared to pay £9.99 and I think it will remain on offer.
My wife and I visit Turkish restaurants quite regularly: we love the food and Turkish wine. We particularly like the TAS chain. We must have been setting a trend for Turkish wine is all the rage at the moment.
I recommend that you try it as it is a very pleasant change to French, Spanish and Italian wines.
http://www.tasrestaurants.co.uk/
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/sep/03/turkish-wine-waitrose
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