Gönc Winery

Štajerska, Slovenia

Gönc winery is a family tradition going back to 1936, when Peter Gönc’s 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.

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. 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: Gönc is actually a name for a barrel that they produce in Hungary, from whence the Gönc family hails, that’s 136 liters volume. The 136 dots on each bottle of their wines are in tribute to the family’s long history in the area’s wine community.
Peter Gönc in the Vineyard

Winemaker, Peter Gönc

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Wines from Gönc Winery

Gonc Winery 60s Kerner New Bottle

Gönc Winery 60s Kerner 

Blend: 100% Kerner – Single Vineyard
Aging: 6 months in stainless steel

Fresh and bright, with citrus, orchard fruit, and a light floral note. Round through the mid-palate, finishing clean on saline minerality.

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The Little One

Blend: 80% Pinot Blanc, 20% Yellow Muscat
Aging:  Stainless steel; 6 months • 2 months bottle age

Pale straw with golden reflections. The nose is floral and lifted, with white flowers, elderflower, and citrus blossom over ripe pear and a touch of peach. Crisp and lively on the palate, with juicy citrus and stone fruit over a clean finish of saline minerality.

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ANA Blanc

Blend: 65% Chardonnay, 35% Pinot Blanc

Bright and composed, with a gentle texture and crisp acidity. The barrel-fermented Chardonnay gives roundness and breadth, the stainless Pinot Blanc keeps it fresh, and the finish is clean and dry.

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ANA Chardonnay

Blend: 100% Chardonnay

Layered and balanced, with a buttery texture from barrel fermentation and malolactic, gentle acidity, and a subtle frame of oak. Twelve months in bottle bring a sense of maturity and depth. The finish is long and refined.

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Gönc Winery Rosé Cuvée Anna, Štajerska

Blend: 50% Žametna Črnina, 30% Blaufränkisch 20% Pinot Noir

Named after Peter’s grandmother, Cuvée Anna is ripe with aromas of wild berries, strawberries, melon, and peach. On the palate, very fruity with a lively, refreshing finish. A bright Provence style rosé with the inimitable cool mineral snap and high-toned aromatics of northeast Slovenia. Fun fact: Žametna črnina is the oldest living vine in the world (at 375-400 years old) and it’s traditionally planted in Slovenia.

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Gönc Winery “War Pig” Orange (Yellow Muscat)

Blend: 100% Muscat – Single Vineyard

Golden amber and intensely perfumed: citrus, herbs, orange blossom, ripe peach. The palate is textured, with apricot, pear, and sweet spice over a gentle tannic grip from the long skin contact. Long and savory, finishing on tea leaf and saline minerality.

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Gönc Winery Pinot Grigio Harvest Moon, Štajerska

Blend: 100% Pinot Grigio

Deep amber, perfumed with dried apricot, orange peel, ripe pear, and tea leaf. Textured and savory on the palate, stone fruit and preserved citrus over a gentle tannic grip from the skin contact. The finish is long and mineral, with dried flowers and a touch of spice.

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Gönc Winery Starman, Štajerska

Blend: 50% Chardonnay, 50% Riesling

Golden amber, with aromas of dried citrus, apricot, yellow apple, and chamomile. The palate is textured, ripe stone fruit and preserved lemon over a gentle tannic grip, with a savory, slightly oxidative depth. The finish is long and layered, with dried herbs and saline minerality.

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Gönc Winery “Dirty Deeds” Pinot Noir

Blend: 100% Pinot Noir

Dark crimson in the glass, with aromas of confit cherry, red berries, and dried strawberry over soft dark spice and a note of forest floor. The palate is lithe and lively, carrying juicy red fruit, dried rose petal, and savory spice through a damp, earthy undertow into a fresh, lifted finish over fine-grained tannins.

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Gönc Winery “Sabotage” Blaufränkisch

Blend: 100% Blaufränkisch

Deep ruby with violet reflections. Blueberry, blackberry, and sour cherry over black pepper, wild herbs, and blue flowers. Intense and structured, with rugged tannins and a raw edge, finishing long on Middle Eastern spice, smoke, and crushed stone.

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Gönc Winery “Pour Some Sugar on Me” Gamay

Blend: 100% Gamay – single vineyard

Bright ruby in the glass, with lifted aromas of red cherry, raspberry, cranberry, and blackberry over dark spice, a subtle earthiness, and a lightly smoky edge. The palate is fresh and rounded, juicy red fruit and gentle spice running on lively acidity into a long, savory finish of smoke, crushed stone, and saline minerality.

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