Milan Nestarec
If God Exists, I Hope He Has a Good Excuse NV
If God Exists, I Hope He Has a Good Excuse NV
TDG in.hub Building, AFPRSBS Industrial Park, Km. 12, East Service Road corner C-5
TDG in.hub Building, AFPRSBS Industrial Park, Km. 12, East Service Road corner C-5
1630 Taguig PH-00
Philippines
“Will the real Riesling please stand up?!” Sick of the obsession with adding sulfur to Riesling for “character,” maverick winemaker Milan Nestarec set out to do the opposite. The current “If God Exists…” indeed skips SO2 and skin contact, combining three vintages to go hard on tropical, floral, and honey notes, with a good bit of funk. The signature petrol aroma is here to stay, along with a nice acidity and a medium body. One of the most unique Rieslings you’ll ever taste!
Grape Variety: Riesling
Region: Moravia, Czech Republic
Tastes like: Pineapples, honey, petrol, sea breeze
Best with: Cave-aged cheeses, lobster thermidor, chicken pot pie
Size: 750ml
Alc Content: 12%
made in the czech republic by
Milan Nestarec
No gimmicks, no magic, and no bullshit. Approachable, zippy, and full of life, Milan Nestarec’s wines are now among the most recognizable bottles of natural wines in the world. According to the man himself: Milan Nestarec is not a winery. “It is ideas that just happen to be represented through wine."
a closer look
Behind the Bottle
Somewhat of a prodigy, Milan Nestarec has been entrusted with all the winemaking of his family’s estate in Moravia, Czech Republic since he was 16 years old. Nestarec converted the estate to organic philosophies in 2008, which now produces a prolific number of bottles a year on its 24 hectares.
A vocal advocate of field blends, his white or orange wines almost always see a short amount of skin contact. Nestarec has become an icon of the scene with nothing more than skill, spontaneous fermentation, a bunch of tanks and old barrels, grape juice, and time.