Milan Nestarec
TRBLMKR 2017
A troublemaker that you actually like to hang out with— this orange wine is mostly Neuburger, with a bit of an undisclosed field blend thrown in there. With a wild scent of apple cider, wood polish and citrus zest, this is for the more adventurous among you. It drinks tart with the acid hitting you up front, and slowly moves to minerality with a touch of tannins. Although light and easy, it shows more and more complexity the longer its open.
Grape Variety: Neuburger
Region: Moravia, Czech Republic
Tastes like: Yellow apples, lime zest, wet gravel, rooibos tea
Best with: Vegetable tempura, fried calamares, pork bbq, crudite platters
Size: 750 ml
Alc Content: 12.5%
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.