Forks’n’Knives Red 2020 - Milan Nestarec

Forks'n’Knives Red - Milan Nestarec

Forks'n’Knives Red is a red wine from the Moravský regions of Žižkov and Velké Bílovice, both from southern Moravia. The grapes used are of pinto Nero that come from vines that grow on loess and clay soils. Spontaneous fermentation in open vats and very short-lasting maceration on the skins. Aging in used oak barrels from 225 to 1500 liters in contact with the fine lees until spring. Unfiltered. The Forks'n'Knives Red is a light ruby ​​red color. On the nose, fruity aromas of cherry and raspberry are perceived, followed by aromas of jasmine, earthy notes and a plaster note. On the palate it is warm, medium bodied, balanced, soft, with excellent freshness.

Service

We suggest to taste it at a temperature of 16/18 ° in tulipano goblets. Wine to be drunk immediately, but it will express its best in a few years. It is advisable to keep it in a horizontal position in a cool, damp and dark cellar.

Pairing

A wine that can be tasted as an aperitif or paired with first courses to try with a salad of salted meat.

Winery: Milan Nestarec

Milan Nestarec is a young Czech winemaker who studied oenology with Aleš Kristančič of Movia. The company is located in the hills in the Moravský Žižkov and Velké Bílovice villages, south of Brno, in the Moravian wine region, particularly in the Velkopavlovická subregion, just 15 km from the northern border of Austria. Moravia is the largest and most important wine region in the Czech Republic and in recent years, thanks also to foreign investments, it has become the fulcrum of the country's wine renaissance. Milan works in the family business, founded by his father, together with his sister Lenka, who planted 8 hectares of vineyards in 2001. The vines, processed organically, are located in an area that is more than favorable to viticulture, they grow on compound soils mainly of loess and limestone, and enjoy a continental climate, characterized by cool, rainy summers and dry, harsh winters. Milan cultivated various native varieties such as the Neuburger, the Midwinter and the Dornfelder, and then Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Gris, Gruner Veltliner, Muller Thurgau, Traminer, Malvasia, Pinot Noir, Zweigelt and Blaufrankisch. In the cellar the wines are made in a totally artisan and minimal way, without the addition of products, not even SO2 for bottling. The musts ferment spontaneously and usually make wine in casks and old and large oak and acacia tanks, and all the wines are bottled without fining or filtration. Milan produces three different production lines: Musika, Klasika and Antika. The first includes light wines, to drink every day; in Klasika we find more structured and elegant wines; while the third line includes full-bodied and complex wines. The Milan Nestarec wines are full expression of the terroir of origin, and today they begin to appear on the tables of the Parisian bistros and the nouvelle vague of the restaurants of the European capitals.