2022 Las Jaras Wines 'Glou Glou' Red Blend California

Winemaker Notes: Glou Glou is the lodestar of our winemaking endeavors at Las Jaras because it represents a friendly ease. The 2022 edition of everyone’s favorite light red is juicy, delicious, and ultra-expressive. This vintage gave us a Zinfandel crop with large, juicy berries that allowed us to make a bistro-friendly red with an emphasis on freshness. Boasting a core of acid tempered by intense berry notes, Glou Glou begs to accompany your favorite tomato sauce or to complement the char of anything done on the grill. Serve it slightly chilled, and you will be the hero of your next backyard barbecue; this is an incredibly unfussy, refreshing red wine and a tonic to long summer days and the heat of the grill. On the nose, you’ll get black plum, red licorice, and raspberry with undertones of clove and hawthorn. The palate is intense and fleshy and shows red plum, hibiscus, and pomegranate with a playful spiciness on the finish. 51% Zinfandel | 30% Carignan | 17% Petite Sirah | 2% Charbono Grapes from Gary Venturi Vineyard in Calpella, Glass House Vineyard in Redwood Valley, Frei Vineyard in Solono Green Valley. All of these vineyards are organically farmed.

Las Jaras is a labor of friendship between a long-time California winemaker Joel Burt and comedian Eric Wareheim (of Master of None, Tim & Eric or Reality fame) “Sweet Berry Wine”, the first wine they ever made, was born out of a desire to share wine with Eric’s comedy fans; it features John C. Reilly, one of Eric’s comedic counterparts, on the label, and has been part of the range ever since The winery was officially born a year after, with the 2016 vintage The guys have been actively working on turning their growers into chemical-free farming, and now virtually all the vineyards are practicing or certified organic The winery name (“The Arrows” in Spanish) comes from one of the lottery cards that Joel’s Mexican coworkers would leave behind at his old table grape farm job Besides the love for wine, the guys also share an enormous love for food; Eric even co-authored a cookbook of his own.