# DJ EGG Pét-Nat (2025)

- **Producer:** Martin Vajčner
- **Colour:** white
- **Type:** sparkling
- **Grapes:** Muškát Moravský, Müller Thurgau
- **Region:** Moravia, Czechia
- **Style:** Natural
- **Alcohol:** 9.5%
- **Average price:** €18
- **Vegan:** Yes
- **Contains sulphites:** No
- **When to drink:** Now
- **Serving temperature:** 6–8 °C
- **Aromas & flavours:** blossom, grape, peach, lemon, rose, bread, biscuit

## About this wine

DJ EGG is crafted by Martin Vajčner, an independent producer based in Hodonice in the Znojmo sub-region of Moravia. Before establishing his boutique estate in 2018, Vajčner served for over a decade as the viticultural research director for the Czech Republic's Ministry of Agriculture, where he helped transition state research plots to organic farming. The grapes for this cuvée come from the Kraví hora vineyard in Konice, situated along the edge of the Podyjí National Park on ancient quartz sand, gravel, and marine fossil soils.

## Interesting facts

- Martin's family name traces back to 1634 Moravian records where it originally meant vine-cutters (Weinschnitt).
- The name DJ Egg is a play on Vajčner sounding like vejce, the Czech word for egg.
- Martin previously directed state viticulture research for the Czech Ministry of Agriculture.

## Food pairing

The low alcohol content, bright cool-climate acidity, and gentle effervescence make this natural sparkling wine exceptional with delicate seafood, creamy goat cheeses, and herb-forward salads. Heavy proteins or overly rich sauces will easily overpower its delicate light body.

## Wine making process

Produced using the ancestral method (Pétillant Naturel), whole clusters of organically farmed grapes are gently pressed and undergo spontaneous fermentation driven solely by indigenous yeasts in glass demijohns. The wine is bottled while fermentation is still active at around 8 g/L residual sugar to complete natural carbonation under a crown cap. Aged on fine lees without oak contact, fining, filtration, or added sulfur dioxide.