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Movia Puro 2000
Varietal: Ribolla Blend
Region: Brda
Sourced from 130-year old Pinot Nero vines and bottled undisgorged after 2 years aging on the lees, this limited production sparkler is crisp, savory and unique.
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Champagne is regarded as the most genuine and serious of the sparkling wines, a bubbly operating in a class unto itself. Many countries, however, employ the rigorous metodo classico that accounts, in part, for Champagne's gravitas, and Movia takes it a little further, requiring its audience to actually engage in the process. The wine is bottled undisgorged meaning the yeast sediment plug must be removed under water prior to its being served. Movia Puro is a blend of 60% Ribolla, 30% Chardonnay, and 10% Pinot Nero. This limited-production sparkler delivers a savory element on the nose and juxtaposes honey tones with minerality.
About the Producer
Movia has been producing wine for more than three centuries; purchased by the Kristancic family in 1820, it is currently under the direction of Ales, a French- and Italian-trained winemaker. Ales pursues a historically minded but radical approach to winemaking that includes aging of the whites in 600-liter Slavonian oak casks or traditional Slavonian barriques, leaving them on the lees without stirring for more than two years. His approach to the reds is no less novel, with each being treated in accordance with its particular makeup. As with the whites, maturation is performed exclusively in small Slavonian oak casks. Racking is never performed, and the fining and filtering procedures are governed by the atmospheric pressure incurred by the arrival of the new moon. This constitutes a wholly natural approach that presents the wines in a state of brilliant clarity.
Students and winemakers around the globe study his techniques, and many visit him to observe and learn firsthand. His vinification and viticultural philosophy cannot be construed as either traditional or even purely natural: rather, it is a reflection of a collective wisdom acquired and refined over two centuries of winemaking at the Movia estate. Terms that have been rendered virtually meaningless in the wine world due to gratuitous usage—green harvest, 100% new French barrique, and low yields—are not part of Movia’s viticultural frame of reference. Production is informed by fine-tuned biodynamic principles that reflect a thorough understanding of vine and root management. |
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