Senza 2020

Producer: Milan Nestarec

Origin: Moravia, Czech Republic

Grapes: Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Muscat, Palava

Style: Red Pet Nat/Sparkling

ABV: 12%

Size: 750ml

Tasting Notes: Spices, Blackcurrant

Senza is another Milan‘s unplanned creation. His obsession for Lambrusco has triggered the idea of producing a high quality, fun and refreshing red sparkling. Senza is a light and summery Pet Nat with notes of cherry, black currrant and lots of raspberry. Great acidity too!

From Milan:

Say ciao to Senza, our unlikely sparkling blend! First, we carb-macerated Cabernet Sauvignon & Franc grapes, pressed them before the fermentation finished, then we added a bit of Moravian Muscat and Pálava must to get the extra aromatics and local touch, so important to me in all my wines. Bottled under crown caps while still fermenting to keep the fizz and pizzazz, undisgorged and un-anything of c. Red bubbles aren't an easy gig as one has to work in the tannins, but I hope you'll second my opinion that this one is quite... sensational?

The name Senza is a nod to the Italian inspiration and the joyful Italodisco vibe I get when I drink the wine. It's also a multi-lingual pun: it means “lit” in colloquial Czech, and “without” in Italian, referring to both this wine's no-additives pedigree and its no-worries merry character. To capture all these references, our graphic designer Klára Zápotocká of Studio Breisky came up with an amazing flashy-trashy label that's part Malibu (when I first saw it, it immediately threw me back to my 90s childhood, afternoons spent watching Lorenzo Lamas in Renegade – very fond memories!), part Bibione (we lovingly call it "the beach towel a weird guy next to you would have in a cheap holiday resort ").