FORKS & KNIVES WHITE(2020)

GROWING

• Organic farming (certified by ABCERT)

• Soil: Loess

• Grapes taken from Zadní Hora, Přední Hora, Úlehle vineyard in Velké Bílovice, Milan Nestarec's first vineyard

• Age of vines: 25 years and older

WINEMAKING

• Harvested and sorted by hand, each variety separately.

• Gently destemmed and macerated on skins overnight.

• Each variety was pressed separately in pneumatic press, ~20 hours. No pumping, juice only moved by gravity.

• Spontaneous fermentation in ~40 days.

• Cofermentation of all varieties together in oak vats.

• Ageing in 3000-litre Gamba and Stockinger oak barrels (2-to-12-year-old barrels).

• No fining, no filtration.

• No sulfur addition

WHAT'S GOOD?

• A drink to have with your everyday meals.

• Lighter body, medium acidity.

• Spicy and grassy, later on it develops into grapefruit and peach.

• The wine has a very drinkable expression and tempts you to take more sips.

• A completely different wine when it's a little oxidised and warm. Balanced and very pleasant, refreshing and fresh. A little grapefruit and lemon in the aftertaste.

• Best served well-chilled (9-11°C).

WINE ANALYSIS

• Alcohol 13% | Acids: 6.8g/l | Residual sugar: 1.4g/l

• Closure: Ardeaseal Organic

VOLUME

• 750ML

BODY

• Light

KEYWORDS 

• Citrusy Aromatic