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Papazkarası, also Papaskarası and Papaskara (, "priest's black"), is a Turkish grape variety and a Turkish wine grown in the
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 ...
region of
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. This variety was previously used to make a red wine blend with international grapes like Cinsaut, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Merlot. It is far more common now to see it as a varietal red, rose, or blanc de noir wine. The wine has an alcohol ratio between 11 and 13%, and an acidity range of 6 to 8 grams/liter. Papazkarası is also registered in
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as Kara Papas. It is a very old
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variety with a wine making history dating back to before the Eastern Roman Empire. Kirklareli Uskup region is known as the best
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for Papazkarası. Uskup terroir is based on Strandja decomposed granites, which gives very low yields and small bunches of grapes. Many vineyards, especially in upper Thrace close to Edirne, grow in old, head-trained/bush vines. In the fertile lowlands, the bunches can be much heavier, at around 500 grams per bunch. Veraison occurs between mid August and late August at Uskup. Maturity period is very late between mid October and mid November. Total Growing degree-day required is around 1.890 GDD . Papazkarası gives very high acidity to wines. In very ripe years, it can reach to 25 brix levels in the lowland Thracian vineyards of Uzunköprü. Ampelographers believe that Papazkarası is native to the
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and was probably the result of a natural cross between Prokupac and Alba imputotato. Prokupac has been growing in
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and Macedonia since at least the 5th century, when it was first mentioned, so the cross between Prokupac and Alba Imputptato would have had to occur sometime after the 5th century. The authors also suggest that Papazkarası is one of the parents of the Kadarka grape.


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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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References


Further reading

* Hayyam.com
''Red wine grape varieties grown in Turkey''
* Paul, Robert
''Viticulture and Winemaking in Turkey''
The Australian & New Zealand Wine Industry Journal. 2006. *http://www.ampelis.it/1.pdf Grape varieties of Turkey Turkish words and phrases Red wine grape varieties {{wine-grape-stub