Adakarası (, "island's black"), is a red grape variety originating in
Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...
. Its most famous production place is
AvÅŸa Island
Avşa Island () or Türkeli is a Turkish island in the southern Sea of Marmara with an area of about . It was the classical and Byzantine Aphousia ( or Ἀφησιά) and was a place of exile during the Byzantine period. The Greek inhabitants fle ...
, which produces about 1,500 tonnes of wine per year from the grape. As a result, the wine made from the grape is also known as AvÅŸa. Another name for it is Adakara. Adakarsi grapes are also grown in all of the
Marmara Region, (especially on the
Marmara coast and in
East Thrace
East Thrace or Eastern Thrace, also known as Turkish Thrace or European Turkey, is the part of Turkey that is geographically in Southeast Europe. Turkish Thrace accounts for 3.03% of Turkey's land area and 15% of its population. The largest c ...
).
The wine usually has an alcohol ratio of 12 percent and an acidity range of 6 to 7 grammes per litre.
See also
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BoÄŸazkere
Boğazkere ( Kurdish: Şerabî)Prof. Hüseyn Karataş, Dicle University, Diyarbakir. 23.05.2012 is a grape variety and a Turkish wine originated from Diyarbakır Province near the Tigris river in the southeastern region of Turkey. It is a dark r ...
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Çalkarası
Çal Karası is a variety of red wine grape from the Çal district of the Denizli Province of western Turkey. It also gives its name to a wine produced from the grape, which gives flavours of red berries, sour cherry, rhubarb, peppers, spice, an ...
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Kalecik Karası
Kalecik Karası is a Turkish grape variety and a Turkish wine produced from this grape. This grape and wine are called by the name of area, the Kalecik district of Ankara Province, Turkey. Kalecik Karası grows successfully near Kalecik. In its ...
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Papazkarası
Papazkarası, also Papaskarası and Papaskara (, "priest's black"), is a Turkish grape variety and a Turkish wine grown in the East Thrace region of Turkey. This variety was previously used to make a red wine blend with international grapes like ...
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Öküzgözü
Öküzgözü is a grape variety and a Turkish wine produced from this grape. The grape is one of the two native grape varieties of Elazığ Province (the other one is Boğazkere), located on the Anatolian plateau at the north of the Taurus Mounta ...
References
* Hayyam.com
''Red wine grape varieties grown in Turkey''
* avsa-goruntuleri.com
''Wine Culture in AvÅŸa''
* foodsofturkey.com
Grape varieties of Turkey
Red wine grape varieties
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