NV Milan Nestarec - Dopamin
Price: $25.99
| Producer | NV Milan Nestarec |
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| Country | Czech Republic |
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| Region | Moravia |
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| Subregion | Velke Pavlovice |
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| Varietal | White Blend |
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| Sku | 37678 |
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Blend (Grapes): Predominantly Grüner Veltliner, plus Chardonnay and Riesling.
Milan started running the cellar at the age of 16. And is leading one of the most exciting natural wine projects in Eastern Europe. He calls this wine “Stacking Surprise,” and honestly that's the feel of it. It started back in 2019 as a mix of white wines that didn’t quite fit anywhere. Every year he's layering vintages on top of each other, creating this living solera in the barrel. What you get is pure energy in a glass. Bright layered, and playful, but still depth that fits the season change.
Tasting Notes:
Bright Citrus and orchard fruit with a touch of spice, a little texture from the skin contact, and a lively electric finish that keeps pulling you back for another sip!
Food pairings: seafood, light fresh fish, salads, light poultry, green herbs, anything you want something with acid, freshness, and slight texture. Also fits well as a glass‑by‐glass wine bar pour.
- Alfonzo DeLeon (Natural Wine Buyer of LFWs)
NV Milan Nestarec Description
Don't kill the messenger
Dopamine, the "feel-good" hormonal messenger key to many processes in our body, was definitely released when we were making this wine. It's an ode to my signature spontaneity and curiosity (some might say lack of plan, haha), a white solera whose first edition was born in 2019 in one of our very first Stockinger barrels.
At first, we started blending various white wines (mostly Gruner, some Chardo and Riesling) from our Slovenské plot that didn't fit into their respective barrels, and then each vintage it became this game of "Stockinger Surprise", a wine living its own life without any projections about how it should taste. And it tastes good! Release after releases, it keeps its signature beautiful energy, a wine made for drinking (by glass), and /or ruminating on the days of our lives...
