2021 Gnc Winery “Dirty Deeds” Pinot Noir, tajerska, Slovenia

ABOUT THIS WINE

100% Pinot Noir aged for15 months in French oak barrels.

Grilled pork steaks, mushroom-heavy dishes, and pan-fried trout will all show this wine in its very best light, but its quite a glass on its own too.

ABOUT THIS PRODUCER

Gnc winery is a family tradition going back to 1936, when Peter Gncs great grandfather built their first wine cellar and planted the vineyard around it in the small town of Dobrovnik in Slovenia. After World War II, his grandfather moved to the city Ptuj where he started working in the Ptujska Klet, or Ptuj wine cellar, as a cellar cleaner and worked his way up to head winemaker and CEO of the oldest winery in Slovenia, now known as Pullus.

Peters 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 Gnc 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. Despite this minimal intervention, the wines are even more stable and long lasting, even once open, making them ideal for restaurants or wine bars pouring by the glass.

Fun fact: Gnc is actually a name for a barrel that they produce in Hungary, from whence the Gnc family hails, thats 136 liters volume. The 136 dots on each bottle of their wines are in tribute to the familys long history in the areas wine community.