Milan Nestarec, "Forks and Knives" White - 2020

Name: Milan Nestarec, "Forks and Knives" White
Brand: Milan Nestarec
SKU: 35565
Price: 28.99 USD
Availability: OutOfStock

Item # 35565 750 mL

We're thrilled by the multitude of natural wines coming out of the Czech Republic. Natural winemaker, Milan Nestarec, has made this fun, delicious white from a blend of local grapes. This an orange wine, it's color coming from extended skin contact. Bone dry, with notes of cider, meyer lemon, bay leaves and a hint of green olive. Be aware this may have a slight fizz when first opened. The wine is bottled without fining or filtering and zero sulfur is added.

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Color

White

Vintage

2020

Country

Czech Republic

Producer

Milan Nestarec

Grape Variety

Neuburger

Pálava

Riesling

Traminer

Production Methods

Organic

Orange Wine (Skin Contact)

Organic

Natural

Wine made from organically or biodynamically grown grapes with minimal intervention avoiding the use of chemicals, additives and technology.

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Staff Pick Notes

Milan Nestarec makes wonderful wines in the Czech Republic, running the gamut from "everyday regular normal wine" to the extremist of the extreme, like the 100% skin-contact Pinot Gris that in its initial vintage came out so deeply colored that fellow winemakers assumed it was Blaufrankisch. It earned its cheeky name of Podfuck from the Czech word podfuk, meaning cheat or hoax. Somewhere in the middle is the Forks and Knives line. These wines are meant for the table, for every day and every meal, yet they're still classic Milan: challenging your perception of what "everyday wine" means. The white, made from a blend of aromatic grapes, is cloudy, lightly effervescent and comes across almost more like cider than wine with vibrant acidity and notes of apple, lemon myrtle, and peach candy.

- TI

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