The name comes from Chad, where this friendship began — and there's something fitting about naming a wine after a place that shaped the people who made it. Rare, wild, powerful and elegant, Koudou reflects the greatness of the Roussillon Caramany terroir. A friends' wine — whole, genuine, and made to last.
A blend of Syrah and Carignan from the same plots as the Grand Koudou, but from lower elevations. Ruby in the glass, with a powerful nose of dark fruit, the palate is intense and immediately gratifying — soft tannins wrapped in a generous core of jammy black fruit. Aged six months in tank on fine lees, then four months in bottle, it's built for pleasure rather than ceremony.
At 400 metres above sea level, the cooling Tramontane wind allows for slow berry maturation, striking a subtle balance between strength and elegance, between immediate pleasure and aromatic complexity. The granite soils of Caramany add a distinctive mineral edge that lifts everything.
Clos 58's wines have found their way onto the menus of Michelin-starred bistros across Paris — but Koudou is really a wine for friends, a table, and good company. Drink it that way.