Among the unique natural beauties that Mother Nature has given to our country, Cappadocia and Pamukkale probably take the first two places. Cappadocia gives its name to an event of its own in WAYANA's Turkish Vineyard Routes Tasting Series. As you can see, we are adding a wine feast to the visual feast of Cappadocia. Cappadocia has a soil structure formed as a result of the volcanic eruptions of the Hasandagi, Gulludag, Melendiz and Erciyes mountains surrounding the region. Geologists have determined that the region is covered with a lava layer of approximately 100 meters. But of course, in addition to this lava layer, it is also necessary to take into account the unique rock structure of the region.

We are not exaggerating when we say that Cappadocia's wine history goes back thousands of years. The mind-blowing cave and underground city network of the region also reveals the existence of many wine storage areas. This network, which was used as a safe living space during the spread of Christianity, ensured the continuity of wine production without interruption, considering the religious feature of wine.

Emir is one of the indigenous grapes of the Cappadocia region. We devoted today's article to the Emir grape, which adds flavor to our tables with its white wines. The volcanic and rocky soil structure that we summarized in the short introduction also has a decisive effect on the Emir grape. Among our indigenous grapes, the wines that best reflect the minerality feature in wine terminology are those made from Emir grapes. We can think of minerality as a chalky, stony, perhaps slightly salty taste we get from wine.

The most distinctive feature of Emir wines is their high acidity. We observe that high-acid wines are not very popular in our country's wine preference profile. This trend poses a significant obstacle to the diversification of Emir wines. However, the combination of high-acid wines with seafood provides a perfect match for both the palate and the digestive system.

In Emir wines, we can feel apple, citrus and pear aromas that are not too dominant on both the nose and the palate. To summarize, the wines we will taste from Emir grapes will come to our glasses with the cold tastes brought by minerality, apple citrus aromas and high acidity.

WAYANA Wine Menu includes single variety Emir wines from Kavaklidere, Kocabag and Turasan. There are also blends containing Emir wine. Let’s remind the sparkling wine-lovers that there is a natural sparkling wine produced by Turasan with Emir grapes. These wines match perfectly with the tapas with pickled bonito, mackerel kippers and smoked salmon in the tapas menu. So don’t forget to taste both the rare Emir wine and our carefully prepared seafood tapas.