Şemdinli Balı
různé: horské květy okresu Şemdinli
GIGeographical indications outside the EU
A blossom honey from the mountains near the Iraqi and Iranian borders. It is light, very clear and runny, and slow to crystallise.
- Origin
- Şemdinli district (Hakkâri Province, south-eastern Turkey)
- Colour
- 34 mm · white
- Taste
- bold and minty, with notes of tobacco and bergamot
- Crystallization
- slow
- Plant
- různé: horské květy okresu Şemdinli
Colour varies by year and place; the value given is typical.
It has held a Turkish geographical indication since May 2026 and is made by the local bee subspecies Apis mellifera meda.
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