Wine Club Member Exclusive through January 2025
We have made nine vintages of MUDD and the last time we made it was 2017, so we are excited to bring back this gem of a red wine! We believe the MUDD we are sending you is a scrumptious reflection of the delicious 2022 vintage. Not only is our 2022 MUDD delicious now...it is just a baby, and will improve in the bottle for at least six to eight years and drink well for a solid dozen! Our 2022 MUDD is composed of 51% Petit Verdot, 31% Cabernet Sauvignon and 18% Dornfelder. All the fruit was hand harvested and de-stemmed into small one-ton bins where it was stomped on by foot and punched down by hand. After primary (wild/ambient) fermentation the wine was racked to a variety of barrels, hogsheads and puncheons where it spent twenty-three months before being bottled on September 4th, 2024. Our 2022 MUDD is dry, medium-bodied, has moderate alcohol, wonderful aromas, balanced acidity, soft, ripe tannins and wonderfully persistent length. The wine is complex and displays finesse and elegance in its captivating texture and expression of fruit and wood. There are aromas and flavors of black plums, raspberries, cherries, brown spice, forest floor, black raspberries, black peppercorns, cocoa, cedar and a touch of mint. Pair this graceful, satisfying red wine with a pork roast, a juicy rib-eye or a succulent rack of lamb. In addition, a mushroom risotto, braised pancetta wrapped monkfish or a cozy fire and a hunk of aged alpine cheese would do the trick quite nicely. This wine celebrates our long-standing partnership with Steve Mudd and the Mudd family as well as the dirt in which we grow our wine. The label is actually a drawing of our soil with the various contents noted at different depths. It's pretty cool, check it out! Cheers. Only 298 cases were bottled.
