Andrea Calek

Match play-'em-as-they-lay, brambly blends with worldwide treats.

Go for tuna steaks provençale,

Mediterranean-style chicken with capers and tomatoes

or a Peruvian-inspired beef and potato saltado.

• Eyes: Ruby
• Nose: Medium-High Intensity, developing, floral, herbaceous, red fruits
• Mouth: Medium Bodied, dry, medium acidity, average tannin, moderate-high intensity, medium finish, raspberry, black cherry, brambly

• Bottlerocket Index: 3

With clothes torn from wear (or possible indifference), former (defector?) Czech soldier, Andrea Calek, is also a wanderer; a prototypically Eastern European amalgam of punk rock and nihilism. Living in a trailer amongst his rented vines, Calek produces wines sans soufre from a few acres in the Ardèche; blatantly organic, unfiltered and unfined. Natural and original.