Petr Marada

Owner & Winemaker: Petr Marada and his wife Vera

Vineyard Area: 16 hectares, estate-owned

Vineyard Management: practicing organics

Soils: loess, sandy-clay

Main Varieties: Gruner Veltliner, Riesling, Blaufrankisch

Winemaking: Manual harvest, spontaneous fermentation only. No fining, no filtration, little SO2 at bottling. 

Annual Production: 40,000 bottles

 

Petr Marada, a musician and winemaker, founded his winery in 2006, continuing in the tradition of his family, where winemaking has been an integral part of the estate. His general philosophy on winemaking can be summed up as “Less is More.”

 

Veltlínské Zelené Oranž

Grape: Veltlínské Zelené (Gruner Veltliner)

Vineyard: Prušánky, 40-year old vines on sand and loess, farmed organically by Petr and his family

Making of: the grapes were handpicked, destemmed and macerated on skins for 3 weeks with native yeast only. The wine then aged for 8 months in old 500l oak barrels. Unfined, unfiltered, little SO2 added at bottling.

Personality: easy to approach, easy to drink orange wine with lovely notes of apricot jam, cloves and candied oranges; juicy in the mouth with soft tannins. Delicious and versatile!

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 Andel Pet-Nat

Andel translates as “Angel.”

Varieties: 80% Riesling, 20% Welschriesling

Soil: Sandy limestone

Age of Vines: 40 years

Vinification Method: Grapes are handpicked and destemmed. The wine is bottled with 12 grams of residual sugar to finish as a pet-nat. Zero sulfur added and the wine is disgorged and crown-capped.