RICHARD STAVEK Red Spigle-Bocky - Moravia, Nemcicky 2020 Bottle BIO/NAT (los)

Description

Richard Stávek is one of the pioneers of natural wine in Moravia, starting to produce in the mid 1990’s. He farms 15-hectares of land, with 4.5-hectares of grape vines featuring some little known indigenous grape varieties, where most of his wines are field blended.
This Spigle Bocky Red 2020 is a distinctive natural wine made from a blend of Blauer Portugieser, Blaufränkisch, Sankt Laurent and Zweigeltrebe on loam with sandstone subsoil. Grapes are hand harvested and whole bunches are fermented in 350-800-liter wood tanks for about 14 days with only indigenous yeast. The grapes are foot stomped after fermentation completes, where it then spend 10 months in elevage in 600-liter barrels, with battonage performed 6-7 times. The wine is unfined, unfiltered, and has zero sulfur added.