Birgi, İzmir Çeşme Yolu No 14, 35430 Urla/İzmir – Tel: +90 506 099 1433 – Winery website
Open seven days per week, 12:30-midnight. Reservations Tel: +90 533 556 7 43
Perdix Wines is a family business set up in 2012 by planting five grape varieties, with their first commercial production in 2017. Influenced by the beauty of the flocks of partridges they would encounter close to the vineyards, they chose the word Perdix (Πέρδικα), which means partridge in Greek, as the name for their wines.
The winery is directly adjacent to the old İzmir-Çeşme road, and while it is a contemporary building, it has a fascinating collection of antique furniture inside. The restaurant offers a tasting set of four or six wines and has a fine dining menu of Turkish and French-Italian dishes. Outside is a large grass lawn for summer seating and banquets with a seating area surrounded by a small pond and fountain. Below the main restaurant is a cellar and tasting hall.
The vineyard area is approximately 5km south of the winery and has around 100 decares. The typical Aegean region climate prevails; the constant breeze and the temperature difference between day and night provide the necessary late ripening and aroma accumulation in excess. Their vineyards are located at an altitude of approximately 300m above sea level and coordinates 38 15′ 05.64” N 26 32′ 26.06” E. The olive groves and pine forests surrounding their vineyards also positively affect the grape quality.
The soil structure has organic matter that has, over time, flowed from the forested heights to a desired level; it is generally composed of clay loam and limestones that break off and decompose from the bedrock. As a soil reaction, the pH value is around 7.30, increasing below the surface to the lower horizons. They prefer irrigation modelling based on measuring water stress in regular foliar samples. In this way, the exact water requirements of their vines are determined. In addition, it can also avoid excessive or insufficient irrigation, which will adversely affect the quality.
In all of their vineyards, the above-ground pole height is two metres. In this way, there is no problem in creating the required green component canopy. The planting frequency is two metres between rows and one metre above the row. Monolateral (single-armed) cord and guyot training are applied, keeping the yield per grapevine to the required extent, and a product load that will adversely affect the wine quality is not allowed.
At Perdix, they produce wine from grapes grown entirely naturally in an organic way, ensuring complexity, high quality and long-lasting. Perdix uses several grape varieties to produce its wines: Cabernet Franc & Petit Verdot, Boğazkere, Pinot Noir, Sauvignon Blanc, and Bornova Misket. Perdix, which entered the market as a boutique wine company with these five products, aims to become a wine company that sells across all of Turkey in the short term and to the world in the long term. Some grape varieties are sourced from outside vineyards, such as the Sauvignon Blanc, which is from high hills around Denizli.
The Perdix Winery is the furthest west (nearest to Çeşme) of the Urla wineries, close to the town of Zeytinler on the old İzmir-Çeşme Road. It is only 1km from the Köstem Olive Oil Museum, which combines well for a relatively short afternoon day trip from Çeşme.
Perdix was awarded in 2022 for their wines, with Decanter Worldwide Awards for Perdix Boğazkere 2017, achieving a gold medal, Perdix Bornova Misketi 2021 awarded a silver medal, and Perdix Cabernet Franc & Petit Verdot 2020 a bronze.
Perdix Wines
Currently listed vintages include:
Perdix Sauvingnon Blanc 2019-2020 (14.5%)
Perdix Bornova Misketi 2019-2020 (12.5%)
Tasting notes for the Perdix Bornova Misketi 2021 vintage (2022 Decanter Worldwide Awards): Aromatic muscat with stone fruits, peaches, and nectarines on the nose, and attractive orange blossom and honeysuckle perfumes. Clean on the palate, fresh, and well-defined, lingering flavours.
Perdix Pinot Noir 2018 (12.5%)
Perdix Merlot & Syrah 2019 (14.5%)
Perdix Cabernet Sauvingnon 2018-2019 (14.0%)
Perdix Cabernet Franc & Petit Verdot 2017 (14.5%)
Tasting notes for the Perdix Cabernet Franc & Petit Verdot 2020 vintage (2022 Decanter Worldwide Awards): Rich, concentrated and intense, this wine has lots of blackcurrant, raspberry and ripe black fruit flavours, spiced up by the judicious use of oak.
Perdix Cabernet Sauvingnon, Merlot & Syrah 2018 (14.5%)
Perdix Cabernet Sauvingnon, Merlot & Pinot Noir 2018 (14.5%)
Perdix Pyrgi 2019 (14.5%) Cabernet Sauvingnon
Perdix Boğazkere 2018-2019 (14.5%)
Tasting notes for the Perdix Boğazkere 2017 vintage (2022 Decanter Worldwide Awards): A powerful, concentrated, complex wine with many softly textured tannins and dark berry fruits. High-quality oak adds toast and coffee to an expressive palate. The shy nose belies the expressive palate, which is rich, chocolatey and concentrated. It has a lovely lingering finish. Seriously impressive.
Perdix Merlot 2019 (14.5%)