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The 'Jazz Rosé' from Muns Vineyard
The 'official' Rosé of the Jazz-on-the-Plazz summer concert series in Los Gatos
on Wednesday evenings, June through August.

Delightful, refreshing
Music in your mouth
Perfect for summer sipping & jazz

You can order directly from us here or at Los Gatos Gourmet, adjacent to the
town park where the jazz concerts are held.  In addition to this perfect summer evening wine,
your picnic in the park during the concert can be complimented with the Los Gatos Gourmet
exquisite cheeses, bread, sandwiches and soups.

Summer 2008

Extraordinary Mountain Vineyard ...

Extraordinary Pinot Noir

Muns Vineyard brushes the sky on a ridge above Monterey Bay at 2600 feet.  This is the highest vineyard in the Santa Cruz Mountains, a prime growing region for this luscious winegrape.  We enjoy the coastal climate of the mountains, with cool fog lapping at our feet in the summer, gentle breezes and maximum sunlight -- perfect for growing premium Pinot Noir.  Moderate days and cool nights, along with diligent personal attention in our 13-acre owner-operated vineyard, produces fruit with rich and complex flavors.  We have blended Dijon clones 114, 115, 667 and 777 to provide a fruit-forward, complex and well-balanced wine.

Minimal intervention in the winery allows our unique terroir to shine.  Barrel aging in 30% new oak for about 16 months adds soft tannins that accentuate, but not dominate, the beautiful fruit in this special wine.  The wine drinks well now and is a delicious complement with food, and will bottle-age for years to come.  Enjoy 'heaven-in-a-bottle' from our ridge top vineyard above the bay!

 

 

Says Rusty Gaffney, the "Prince of Pinot", about the 2005 Pinot Noir from Muns Vineyard in his PinotFiles newsletter:

"The 2005 vintage in the Santa Cruz Mountains was on the 'weighty' side and this wine shows the bold structure of the vintage.  Again, the aromatics are enchanting, featuring bright cherries, spices and ginger.  The velvety texture alone is worth the price of admission.  Perfectly balanced and thoroughly enjoyable."

"I visited and walked Ed's vineyard and I found it to be one of the more pristine vineyards in the Santa Cruz Mountains.  No question in my mind that this vineyard will be producing some remarkable Pinot Noirs for many years to come."

Wine

We are fortunate to work with some of the most  experienced winemakers in the Santa Cruz Mountains, form Soquel Vineyards, Silver Mountain Vineyards, and Sonnet Wine Cellars.  Currently available wines:

 

  1. 2004 Muns Vineyard Pinot Noir ($40), produced by Soquel Vineyards (Peter & Paul Bargetto and Jon Morgan, winemakers)

  2. 2005 Muns Vineyard Pinot Noir ($45), produced by Silver Mountain Vineyards (Tony Craig, Winemaker & Jerold O'Brien, proprietor)

  3. 2006 Muns Vineyard Pinot Noir ($45), produced by Silver Mountain Vineyards (Tony Craig, Winemaker & Jerold O'Brien, proprietor)

  4. 2006 Muns Vineyard Rosé of Pinot Noir ($15), produced by Silver Mountain Vineyards (Tony Craig, Winemaker & Jerold O'Brien, proprietor)

  5. 2007 Muns Vineyard Rosé of Pinot Noir ($18), produced by Silver Mountain Vineyards (Tony Craig, Winemaker & Jerold O'Brien, proprietor)

 

Vineyard

We grow premium Santa Cruz Mountains Pinot Noir with exquisite attention to quality so as to produce the very finest wine.  The wines we produce reflect our high standards in the vineyard, as well as one of the best locations for growing Pinot Noir in the Santa Cruz Mountains, a prime growing region for this luscious winegrape.   The first commercial vintage was in 2003 based on a half-ton harvest.  Soquel Vineyards blended half of the wine into a Santa Cruz Mountains Pinot Noir and the other half was bottled under the Muns Vineyard label.  Grape tonnage increased rapidly in succeeding years:

2004:    About four tons were harvested from four acres and again the wine was produced by Soquel Vineyards.  125 cases were produced as a Muns Vineyard designate under the Soquel Vineyards label and another 125 cases under the Muns Vineyard label.

2005:   Almost twelve tons were harvested from six acres with five tons going into the Soquel Vineyards label as a Muns Vineyard designated wine.  The other seven tons went into a Muns Vineyard designate wine onthree labels produced by Silver Mountain Vineyards: Silver Mountain Vineyards, Sonnet Wine Cellars and Muns Vineyard.  Tony Craig, of Dave Bruce fame, made these three wines.

2006:   Nearly 24 tons were harvested from seven acres with 10 tons going to Soquel Vineyards and 14 tons crushed at Silver Mountain Vineyards for the same three labels as in 2005.  This was an abnormally large yield, as it was for many California vineyards, due to abundant winter rains that produced record cluster sizes.

2007:   Fruit set this season was been superb, but nature presented some challenges.  Two nights in April produced 25 degree temperatures a large low area of the vineyard where over a acre of fruit and even some vines were lost.  Later in the season, mildew and dehydration further reduced the crop.  Over 16 tons were harvested on 4-6 September all going to Silver Mountain Vineyards for production under three labels: their own, Sonnet Wine Cellars and Muns Vineyard.

2008:   New acreage will begin producing and we expect to harvest twelve acres of Pinot Noir and one acre of Syrah.

Contact Information

Telephone
408-515-2663
FAX
408-353-6107
Postal address
Post Office Box 1877, Los Gatos, CA 95031-1877
Electronic mail
General Information: info@munsvineyard.com
Sales: sales@munsvineyard.com
Customer Support: support@munsvineyard.com
Webmaster: webmaster@munsvineyard.com
 

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