2006 Vintage Wins Octagon’s 2nd Monticello Cup

The annual Monticello Cup Wine Competition convened on June 29th this year, and within hours it was announced that the panel of judges, consisting of several leading sommeliers of Virginia, had awarded the top prize to Octagon Ninth Edition, 2006, from the region's most competitive field of entries in both red and white wines. Voted a Double Gold Medal in addition to the Monticello Cup, itself, Octagon 2006 followed in the footsteps of Octagon 2004, which took the Cup in 2006, and Octagon 2005, which recently bested every other red wine at Beverage Testing Institute’s World Wine Championships in Chicago. As in 2006, Cabernet Franc Reserve (2007), followed Octagon closely in the rankings, winning the Gold Medal.

This was the first presentation of the new Octagon at any wine competition, and placed it in the company of such other great vintages from this winery as Barbera Reserve 2001 and Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve 2001, Monticello Cup winners in recent years. Octagon 2006 will be introduced to the public in the winery’s third annual Octagon Feast, Saturday, October 17th, and released for sale approximately the 1st of the year. Reservations for the 17th are still available through Palladio Restaurant at (540) 832-7848.