Milan Nestarec
WTF 2017
Nestarec does 2 weird things with this wine— first he lets half the grapes macerate on their skins which is then combined with the direct press, second he leaves the wine undisturbed in their open top acacia barrels until a veil of yeast, or ‘flor’, forms. A novel technique with Gruner Veltliner yields a concentrated, unique, and overtly aromatic product with body, acid and lots of complexity.
Grape Variety: Gruner Veltliner, Riesling
Region: Moravia, Czech Republic
Tastes like: Apricots, honeysuckle, cooked pear, marzipan
Best with: Stinky cheeses, thanksgiving dinner, roasted root vegetables, sticky chinese pork ribs
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.