Comments on: Ales Krstancic pours Movia: photo post

By: Jeff Meisel

Jeff Meisel — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 20:20:01 +0000

Disclaimer: I work for DSWE, the importer of Movia. From our website at Domaine Select here is the bassic process: “The only time the grapes for this revolutionary wine are touched by human hands is during the selective manual harvest of the 65-year-old ribolla vines. Ales Kristancic, produced Lunar with the idea of making a wine by imitating the natural method of vinification which occurs in nature through the stages of the moon without the touch of man. To do so, Ales created custom-made barriques in order to replicate the natural process. These barrels made it possible to leave the wine to ferment, age, and stabilize completely on its own without pressing the grapes, without delestage and without adding any chemicals. After 7 months of natural vinification, only the free-flowing wine from the unpressed grapes is bottled without filtration and allowed to refine in the bottle before it is released.” Ales will be in US in May for about two weeks on tour with us and also for the WS Grand Tour. Dinner in SF at Delfina on Friday, Ma 15.

By: Alfonso Cevola

Alfonso Cevola — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 01:14:18 +0000

We just decanted a bottle of Puro when Jeremy Parzen (Bo Bianchi) was here. pretty cool stuff, Maynard…

By: bryan

bryan — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 18:21:12 +0000

The lack of filtration and enzymes for clarifying in addition to aging on lees probably enhances its deep color. Great photo!

By: bill

bill — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:23:15 +0000

I would guess he is fermenting in clay vessels…

By: Dylan

Dylan — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:33:22 +0000

For a moment I thought he was pouring honey into a glass. Tyler, in the fermentation process is this deep color due to the skins or is there something different about the juice of the grape itself?