Our Wines

This complex, medium bodied wine boasts alluring raspberry & summer strawberry aromas framed with notes of baking spice, and crushed stone. Polished tannins & red fruit dance on the palate. Vibrancy & lushness linger through an elegant finish. 

Varietal:  Cabernet Franc

Harvested: Various days in Sept 2021

Bottled: April 18, 2022

Released On: May 2, 2022

Number of Bottles Produced: 5,052

Cooperage:  100%  French Oak

This opulent red blend offers seducing aromas of fresh picked blackberries, cherry cordial, and cedar, laced with hints of violets & spice. The palate possesses a luxurious structure of dark fruit & spice framed by a rich dense finish of smokey oak and plush tannins with a freshness of acidity and palate warmth.

Varietal:  Red Blend- 55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 17.5% Chambourcin, 15% Cabernet Franc, 10.5% Merlot, 2% Petit Verdot

Harvested: Various days in September and October 2022

Bottled: January 23, 2023

Released On: February 14, 2023

Number of Bottles Produced: 20,168

Cooperage:  75% French Oak and 25% American Oak

This is a proprietary blend each year specifically for the Cuvee, Premier Club Members at JOLO. The blend of wine represents the very best we have to offer in the winery each bottling. This wine boasts aromas of blueberry pie, blackberry and dark cherry that gives way to spice and chocolate. The palate is lavished with deep berry carried with a supple and velvety mouthfeel of perfectly integrated tannins and a long finish. This wine will continue to age gracefully for  decade or more if stored properly. You may pair this wine with steak, Italian food, cured meats, or just enjoy on its own.
 
Varietals: Cabernet Sauvignon 53%, Petit Verdot 36%, Merlot 10%, Cynthiana 1%
 
Harvested: Various days in September 2021
 
Bottled: May 25, 2022
 
Released: October 17, 2022
 
Number of Bottles Produced: 8,319
 
Cooperage: 80% French Oak and 20% American Oak
 

375 ml Bottle

This release is the fourth step in our journey of an old-world style of “port” made using the Solera method. Although we cannot call it Port per the Government regulations because in 2005, the EU and US reached a bilateral accord to end a round of negotiations that had lasted twenty years. One of the significant parts of the agreement was that American wines could no longer use place names such as Champagne, Chianti, or Port on new wine labels unless you were commercially using them prior to that date.

The "Solera" style process is when we combine the past vintages ageing in barrels with the current vintage. We take just enough to bottle the current year and leave the remaining to continue to age with more air space or "ullage" in the barrel which accelerates the oxidative effects on the wine, slowly turning the "ruby" ports more "tawny".

So, this release is a combination of 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021 vintages. These vintages have been ageing in French and American oak. Next year will be a combination of 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022. And so on. So, in 20 years, in every bottle will be 20 consecutive years blended into 1 bottle!  - A time capsule!!!

This rich, luxurious and complex wine is layered in aromas of figs, raisins, prunes, baked plums, mocha, baking spices and a hint of vanilla. The pallet is lavished with a velvety mouth-feel exploding with cooked fruit, cocoa, spices and hazelnut with a vein of acidity that runs through the finish.

This wine is one that can age for decades if you have the willpower. if you do not finish this bottle in the same day, simply put the cork in and put in your refrigerator until next use. It will be very drinkable for 4-6 weeks after.

Varietal:  Cynthiana, Petit Verdot, Aglianico, and Chambourcin

Number of Bottles Produced: 5,040