The original idea for this wine was inspired by mead (honey+water), but using Muscat juice instead of water. Medový = honeyed in Czech; the amount of honey is tiny and its sugars go through fermentation with the grapes, so the wine comes out dry and refreshing, just with an extra flavor dimension.

Grapes: all sorts of Muscat and Muscat-based hybrids such as Moravian Muscat, Muscat Ottonel, Muscat yellow, Muscaris, Muscana, Mery, Bluttenmuskateller

Vineyard: Veselý, Novosády. 0.3 ha in total sandy, clay with south-east, south exposure.
Young vines, farmed by Richard himself, certified organic.

Making of: Grapes are hand-harvested and whole bunches are fermented in open-topped wood tanks for about 7 days with only indigenous yeast and a little bit of local honey. The grapes are then foot-stomped, and the wine then spends 10 months in old 100-, 200- and 600-liter barrels, with regular batonnage. Zero sulfur added, unfiltered and unfined.

Personality: aromatic, floral, juicy, a touch wild and very very fun. Chill well and enjoy on its own or explore the pairing possibilities.

Richard Stávek

Richard Stávek is one of the pioneers of natural wine in Moravia, starting to produce in the mid 1990’s. Richard is a constant tinkerer and farmer of all sorts. He has begun drying wood staves that were used to make barrels for the world-renowned Austrian barrel-maker, Stockinger. He also makes honey and goat cheese, and farms all sorts of crops, not just grapes. 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.