Joujou 2023 is a sought after, vibrant and energetic natural wine crafted by Clos Bateau, in the Beaujolais region in France.
Specifically the Domaine is based in Lantignié, a prized village just north of Lyon that many state should be the 11th Cru of Beaujolais!
This red wine is made with 100% Gamay grapes, taken from 50 year old vines and TASTES AWESOME!
How does JouJou 2023 wine by Clos Bateau taste?
Full of energy with notes of Cherry Cola, bramble fruit, dark chocolate, vanilla and herbs. Really zings around your tongue, tasting electric. A real winner! Would work a treat with a killer cheese board or roast duck. This vintage has integrated volatile acidity, which lifts the wine to a new level.
About JouJou from Clos Bateau
Where it all started with our adventure, our baby Joujou, made from old gamay vines from next to our house where we let our sheep and pigs graze and work during the wintertime. Lots of manual labour from ourselves during the rest of the year, but this turns out to some great grapes. Terroir is a mix of decomposed granite, quartz and clay. Yield it not that high (like the rest of our plots and gives us only around 18Hl/ha). After taking the grapes from the land it will undergo a semi carbonic in concrete and stainless steel with a bit direct press gamay. After pressing we put it together in one big fiberglass dome where the wine has still room to dance and finish the fermentation. Then aged for more than 10 months before bottling in the same dome. Crazy energetic wine with a great acidity.
Production of just 5300 bottles
