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NATURAL WINES BY RICHARD STÁVEK
Richard Stávek farms in Němčičky, a small village in southern Moravia, Czech Republic. He started making wine in the 1990s and co-founded Autentista, an early group of Czech natural growers. Of his roughly 15 hectares, nearly five are vines. The rest goes to goats for cheese, bees, apricots, cherries and vegetables. His Odmery plot of Pinot Blanc dates from 1973, and the wines rest in cellars dug into sandstone.
Whole bunches are foot-trodden and fermented in wooden vats, often with long skin contact, then aged in large old oak and acacia. Sulphur only goes in when really needed, and then in small amounts. He grows a wide spread of varieties, from Welschriesling and Grüner Veltliner to Blaufränkisch and Portugieser. Divy Rysak Rosé is a light red and white blend of Blaufränkisch, Portugieser, Welschriesling and a few other grapes, with no added sulphur.
