Grown in and around Diyarbakır, this is one of Anatolian best quality red wine grape variety. It is grown in pebbly, sometimes chalky and clayish, red soil. The area where these grapes are cultivated lies just south of the mountains separating the Anatolian tablelands, on the Mesopotamian flatland between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
Medium, dark, thick-skinned, with high tannin content grapes wines produced from these grapes have black mulberry, fig, cherry, black olive, spice, earthy and animal aromas. This variety is suitable for maturation in oak barrels.
As with the Öküzgözü grape, Kavaklıdere began to work with the Boğazkere grape also in 1995 to improve its quality and potential. In March 1999, Kavaklıdere achieved success and was the first to put a brand-new varitetal wine produced from Boğazkere grapes on the market. Boğazkere grapes are grown in Kavaklıdere’s Aegean-Pendore and Kırşehir-Toklumen vineyards. Cultivation of these grapes has also begun on the Denizli-Çal and Denizli-Güney plateaus.
Prestige Boğazkere is produced solely from Boğazkere grapes and matured in French oak barrels. Boğazkere grapes are also used in the production of Selection Öküzgözü-Boğazkere and Yakut blend wines.