The 2024 Monticello Cup, given to the top performing wine entered in that competition and coming from wineries in the Monticello AVA around Charlottesville, was won by King Family Vineyards for their 2021 Mountain Plains Red (the name alludes to the original land grant for the property) is a Meritage-style blend of 45% Cabernet Franc, 37% Merlot and 18% Petit Verdot, aged in new French barrels for 22 months.
This is the second big win for King Family this year, as they also won the Governor’s Cup Competition, the top wine award in the state, for their 2019 Meritage blend, a blend of Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Petit Verdot and Malbec red Bordeaux grapes.
The gold medal winners from the Monticello Cup include:
Barboursville Vineyards – 2015 Octagon
Chestnut Oak – 2021 Nebbiolo
Cunningham Creek Winery – 2019 Herd Dog Red
Eastwood Farm & Winery – 2023 Petit Manseng
Flying Fox Vineyards – 2017 Cabernet Franc
Glass House – 2021 Twenty-First Red Wine Blend
Keswick Vineyards – 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon
King Family Vineyards – 2021 Mountain Plains Red
Knights Gambit – 2023 Pinot Grigio
Knights Gambit – 2021 Alexandras Cuvee – Petit Verdot
Loving Cup Vineyard – 2023 Loving Cup White
Michael Shaps – 2021 Roussanne
Michael Shaps – 2021 L. Scott
Mountain & Vine – 2021 Petit Verdot
Pippin Hill Farm & Vineyards – 2023 Sauvignon Blanc
Pollak Vineyards – 2021 Meritage
Pollak Vineyards – 2021 Merlot Reserve
Reynard Florence – 2021 Recherché
Stinson Vineyards – 2019 Meritage
Trump Winery – 2021 New World Reserve
Valley Road Vineyards – 2023 Albariño
Veritas – 2021 Momentarius- Monticello White
Veritas – 2021 Veritas Reserve
Wisdom Oak Winery – 2021 Sparkling Rosé
Woodbrook Farm – 2022 Cabernet Franc