Gönc "Dirty Deeds" Pinot Noir
Ptuj > Štajerska > Slovenia
Pinot Noir, 2022
AC/DC fans, you’re going to rejoice in this Pinot Noir. Peter Gönc never takes the path most followed when it comes to making wine, but his long-awaited classic rock-inspired series exceeds even his usual standards. Unrestricted from formalized training, Peter’s winemaking is entirely out of the box, no protocols. Farming is organic, and all the wines are low intervention. Slovenia is one of the under-rated wine countries in the world, but don’t tell anyone. This pinot slaps, especially with a chill.
Ptuj > Štajerska > Slovenia
Pinot Noir, 2022
AC/DC fans, you’re going to rejoice in this Pinot Noir. Peter Gönc never takes the path most followed when it comes to making wine, but his long-awaited classic rock-inspired series exceeds even his usual standards. Unrestricted from formalized training, Peter’s winemaking is entirely out of the box, no protocols. Farming is organic, and all the wines are low intervention. Slovenia is one of the under-rated wine countries in the world, but don’t tell anyone. This pinot slaps, especially with a chill.
Ptuj > Štajerska > Slovenia
Pinot Noir, 2022
AC/DC fans, you’re going to rejoice in this Pinot Noir. Peter Gönc never takes the path most followed when it comes to making wine, but his long-awaited classic rock-inspired series exceeds even his usual standards. Unrestricted from formalized training, Peter’s winemaking is entirely out of the box, no protocols. Farming is organic, and all the wines are low intervention. Slovenia is one of the under-rated wine countries in the world, but don’t tell anyone. This pinot slaps, especially with a chill.
Grape: 100% Pinot Noir
ABV: 12.%
The Story: Peter’s father worked at the same winery, but on the side he also planted 24 acres of vineyards to keep up the family tradition (now 28 acres total). When Peter came of age they built a new cellar in Ptuj and started Gönc again. Peter is the 4th generation of winemakers and winegrowers in the family. Farming is organic, and all the wines receive little to no added sulfites at bottling. His Dirty Deeds Pinot Noir, inspired by AC/DC, is from organic vineyards between 800 and 1300 feet, on sandy soil rich in marl with vines between 20-55 years old. Low yield; all pruned to a single guyot. 15 months in French oak barrels. Pinot Noir was brought to Štajerska by Carthusian monks in the 12th century. They saw it as an exceptional place for growing this variety due to the area’s cool climate, windy valleys, steep slopes, and limestone soils. Given the increasing difficulty of finding good, affordable Pinot Noirs (also known locally as Modri Pinot), this region provides a great alternative as it produces elegant, Burgundian styles and dazzling chillable reds like this one.
Personality: A glass of beautiful dark crimson emits aromas of bright confit cherry, red berries, and soft dark spices. The palate’s lithe, vivacious texture is matched by equally ebullient red fruits, dried rose petal, savory exotic spices, and rainy forest floor. Fine-grained tannins shore up the wine’s deeper flavors while pitch-perfect acidity illuminates the more delicate flavors as it gently carries them into a lingering, notably lifted finish.
Harmony: Grilled pork steaks, mushroom-heavy dishes, and pan-fried trout will all show this wine in its very best light, but it’s quite a glass on its own too.