Çakır Winery
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A late-arriving estate with the most accomplished vineyard kitchen on the Urla route, wood oven, Aegean-Italian menu
Vineyard restaurant where Foça Karası, a 2,600-year-old grape, is served alongside Cabernet from the same hillside
USCA is the rare Urla winery built equally around its kitchen and its cellar. The Sonnet series, each label keyed to a Shakespeare verse, leans on Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Chardonnay and Syrah, but the estate's archaeological reach is what holds attention: it cultivates Foça Karası, a black grape grown on this peninsula for two and a half millennia, alongside Bornova Misketi. The restaurant overlooks the vines; the cellar is gothic-arched and properly cool. Production sits at a controlled 45,000 bottles a year.
Order the Foça Karası flight before lunch and the Sonnet XXIX with the lamb. The terrace tables under the pergola are worth requesting at booking.
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