United Cellars of Tekov – Kind of Glou 2024
Tekov, Slovakia | Red
The name is a nod to Miles Davis, and the wine earns it. Kind of Glou comes from the Pod Šahynky vineyard in Brhlovce — volcanic tuff country, in the Tekov hills beneath the ancient Sitno volcano — and it carries that geology in its bones.
Equal parts Pinot Noir and Blaufränkisch, harvested by hand in the last week of September 2024. The two varieties were vinified separately: both destemmed and crushed, with four to ten days of skin maceration and spontaneous fermentation. They rested on lees in stainless steel through to January, then rested again before being blended and bottled in August 2025. No fining, no filtration, 30 ppm sulphur at bottling — just the wine.
What you get is something genuinely full-bodied. Dark fruit and dainty cherry, with the kind of weight and presence that doesn't shy away from the table. The Blaufränkisch brings structure and a certain dark-spice tension; the Pinot Noir adds a translucency and lift that keeps it from sitting too heavily. The volcanic soils run underneath all of it — a mineral undercurrent that gives the wine its particular character.
This isn't a wine for delicate moments. It wants a ribeye, roasted lamb, a rich stew — something that can meet it in the middle.
Drink it with: ribeye steak, slow-roasted lamb shoulder, beef short rib, or a good winter ragù.
Alcohol: 14.5% abv.