JOLOTAGE
About the 2022 Vintage
You may pair this wonderful wine with steak, lamb, rabbit, pork or to be enjoyed on its own. This wine will continue to age gracefully for a decade or more.
Varietals: 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
About the 2021 Vintage
You may pair this wonderful wine with steak, lamb, rabbit, pork or to be enjoyed on its own. This wine will continue to age gracefully for a decade or more.
Varietals: Red Blend- 26% Merlot, 22% Cabernet Franc, 18% Cabernet Savignon, 18% Petit Verdot, 16% Chambourcin
Harvested: Various days in Sept 2021
Bottled: February 16, 2022
Released On: February 21, 2022
Number of Bottles Produced: 16,068
Cooperage: 60% New French Oak and 40% American Oak Used Once
About the 2020 Vintage
This rich and luxurious full bodied wine is layered in enticing aromas of dark fruit jam, spice and shaved chocolate. This wine lavishes your palate with berries, crushed herbs and vanilla. The finish is supple and velvety with polished tannins and fruit with a kiss of minerals.
You may pair this wonderful wine with steak, lamb, rabbit, pork or to be enjoyed on its own. This wine will continue to age gracefully for a decade or more.
Varietals: Red Blend Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Syrah and Cabernet Franc
Harvested: Various days in September and October 2020
Cooperage: 50% French Oak 50% American Oak
Bottled: June 29th, 2021
Released On: July 1st, 2021
How the name “JOLOTAGE” was Derived
JOLOTAGE is a wine that was created to resemble a “Bordeaux Blend” style or the prestigious American alternative “Red Meritage” blend. Owner and Wine Maker, JW Ray, used a play on words to establish the name and incorporated the winery’s name “JOLO” with the word “Meritage” to represent JOLO’s style of the Bordeaux or Meritage blend. Although not every vintage is a combination of the 5-6 permitted varieties in these blends, this wine’s inspiration are those two red blend benchmarks of quality and excellence.
JOLOTAGE Awards
- Platinum medal, 94 points, 2023 International Wine and Spirits Critics Challenge San Diego
- Best of Class and Double Gold Medal Award 97 POINTS- 2021 Harvest Challenge Sonoma California
- Gold Medal Award – 2020 International Sommelier Challenge in San Diego California
- Gold Medal Award – 2019 Sonoma CA Harvest Challenge
- BEST OF SHOW – 2019 Mid-Atlantic Southeastern Wine Competition
- DOUBLE Gold Medal Winner – 2019 Asheville Wine & Food Festival
- Gold Medal Award – 90 Points – 2019 Critics Challenge International Wine & Spirits Competition
–“ A spot-on amalgam of fruit, acid, alcohol and tannins, this delivers a smooth, satiny mouthfeel and finish” – Bill Ward - Gold Medal Winner 2018 Mid-Atlantic Southeastern 2018 Wine Competition
- Silver Medal Winner 2018 Western Carolina Wine Competition
- Silver Medal Winner 2018 Winemaker Challenge International Wine Competition
- Gold Medal Winner 2017 Asheville Wine & Food Festival
- Silver Medal Winner 2017 Winemaker Challenge International Wine Competition
- Gold Medal Winner – 2016 NC Wine Competition
- Silver Medal Winner 2016 Sommelier Challenge International Wine & Spirits Competition
- Gold Medal Winner – 2016 NC Wine Competition
- Silver Medal 2016 Asheville Wine and Food Festival
- Silver Medal 2016 International Eastern Wine Competition
- Gold Medal Winner – 2016 NC Wine Competition
- Silver Medal 2016 Asheville Wine and Food Festival
- Silver Medal 2016 International Eastern Wine Competition (East Meets West) Sonoma CA
- Gold Medal Winner 2015 Mid-Atlantic Southeastern Wine Competition
- Gold Medal Winner 2015 Asheville Wine and Food Competition
- Gold Medal Winner 2015 Dixie Classic Competition
- Gold Medal Winner 2015 NC State Fair Wine Competition
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