# Early Mountain Vineyards: Virginia Vineyard

https://www.earlymountain.com/blog/early-mountain-shines-at-the-2025-decanter-world-wine-awards

> Promotional blog post from the winery reporting competition results; appropriate to cite as the winery's own announcement and for factual details (award outcomes, scores, release notes), but treat evaluative language as the winery's perspective.

## Summary

Early Mountain Vineyards announced that its wines earned five medals at the 2025 Decanter World Wine Awards, including a Gold medal and 95 points for the 2022 Petit Manseng; the post lists four award-winning wines with their scores and includes comments from winery leadership.

## Audience

general (wine consumers and supporters of the winery)

## Prompts this page answers

- Which Early Mountain wines won medals at the 2025 Decanter World Wine Awards?
- What score did Early Mountain's 2022 Petit Manseng receive at the 2025 Decanter World Wine Awards?
- Did Early Mountain receive any Gold medals at the 2025 Decanter World Wine Awards?
- When was Early Mountain's announcement about the 2025 Decanter awards posted?

## Purpose

Announce and celebrate the winery's results at the 2025 Decanter World Wine Awards and to promote the award-winning wines.

## Highlights

- Early Mountain wines earned five medals at the 2025 Decanter World Wine Awards.
- 2022 Petit Manseng — Gold and 95 points (placed in the top 5% of entries); described by judges as “texturally gastronomic” and “fabulous.”
- 2021 RISE — 93 points.
- 2021 Eluvium — 94 points.
- 2022 Quaker Run Cabernet Franc — 94 points; the 2022 vintage will be released later in 2025.

## How to cite

Early Mountain Vineyards blog — “Early Mountain Shines at the 2025 Decanter World Wine Awards” (https://earlymountain.com/blog/early-mountain-shines-at-the-2025-decanter-world-wine-awards).

## Publisher

**Early Mountain Vineyards** — Early Mountain Vineyards — the vineyard/winery publishing its blog and contact details on the site footer.

## Topics

- 2025 Decanter World Wine Awards
- Early Mountain Vineyards awards
- 2022 Petit Manseng Gold
- 2021 Eluvium 94 points
- 2021 RISE 93 points
- Quaker Run Cabernet Franc 94

## Key entities

- **Decanter World Wine Awards 2025** (event): The international wine competition in which Early Mountain's wines were entered (page states over 16,000 wines were evaluated). — https://awards.decanter.com/DWWA/2025/search/wines?competitionType=DWWA
- **Early Mountain Vineyards** (organization): The winery publishing the blog post. — https://earlymountain.com
- **Maya Hood White** (person): Named in the post as leading the winery's efforts (leadership credited with elevating Virginia wine).
- **Jon Ruel** (person): Identified as the winery's President and quoted about the awards and their significance for Virginia wine.
- **2022 Petit Manseng** (other): Awarded Gold and 95 points at the 2025 Decanter World Wine Awards; called a flagship wine. — https://store.earlymountain.com/product/2022-Petit-Manseng?productListName=Current%20Releases&position=3
- **2021 RISE** (other): Awarded 93 points at the 2025 Decanter World Wine Awards. — https://store.earlymountain.com/product/2021-Rise?productListName=Current%20Releases&position=3
- **2021 Eluvium** (other): Awarded 94 points at the 2025 Decanter World Wine Awards. — https://store.earlymountain.com/product/2021-Eluvium?productListName=Current%20Releases&position=4
- **2022 Quaker Run Cabernet Franc** (other): Awarded 94 points; page notes the 2022 vintage will be released later in 2025 and links to the 2021 offering. — https://store.earlymountain.com/product/2021-Quaker-Run-Cabernet-Franc?productListName=Current%20Releases&position=5

## Metadata

- Type: article
- Published: 2025-07-02