Mudd West Vineyard Petit Verdot
⏳ wine.drinking_window
Typically best enjoyed 3–10 years from the vintage release.
🍽️ wine.food_pairings
Roasted duck, grilled ribeye steak, aged cheddar cheese
✨ wine.spec_sheet
Channing Daughters' Mudd West Vineyard Petit Verdot is a compelling testament to the potential of Long Island's maritime terroir. Sourced from the historic Mudd West Vineyard on the North Fork—originally planted and managed by the pioneering Mudd family, who helped shape the viticultural landscape of the region—this wine highlights Petit Verdot not merely as a blending agent, but as a solo star. In the temperate, ocean-influenced climate of Long Island, the late-ripening Petit Verdot grape finds the extended hang-time it needs to develop intense color, structural tannins, and vibrant acidity. The winemaking team employs traditional, low-intervention techniques, including wild fermentations and careful barrel aging, to craft a red wine of remarkable depth, showing dark bramble fruit, violet aromatics, and a distinct mineral undercurrent reflective of the local glacial soils.
🍾 wine.about_producer
Established in 1982 by Walter Channing on the South Fork of Long Island in Bridgehampton, New York, Channing Daughters Winery is a pioneering estate renowned for its artisanal, small-batch approach to winemaking. Under the guidance of winemaker and partner Christopher Tracy, the winery manages over twenty-five acres of vines, focusing on sustainable viticulture, hand-harvesting, and wild-yeast fermentations. Channing Daughters is celebrated for its experimental spirit, championing unique varietals like Tocai Friulano, Lagrein, and Teroldego alongside traditional grapes, and crafting highly acclaimed skin-contact orange wines, field blends, and site-specific Chardonnays. Signature expressions such as the skin-fermented Meditazione, the wild-yeast L'Enfant Sauvage Chardonnay, and the crisp Scuttlehole Chardonnay exemplify their commitment to expressing the distinct maritime terroir of the East End.