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Bryant Family Vineyard is a California wine estate in the Napa Valley, founded by businessman and art collector Donald L. Bryant Jr. Known for their 100% Cabernet Sauvignon wines grown on their Pritchard Hill estate, Bryant Family Vineyard was one of the original cult wines to emerge during the early 1990s, along with wineries such as Screaming Eagle, Harlan Estate, and Colgin.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Cult Worship )〕 Low production levels, high quality and high demand for the wines have driven prices to the upper echelon of wines produced in the United States, and Bryant Family Vineyard has established itself as the American equivalent of a first growth wine.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Napa Valley Classification: First and Second Growths )〕 As of 2009, Bryant Family Vineyard produces two additional labels, "BETTINA" and "DB4". BETTINA is a parallel wine to Bryant Family Vineyard, made of grapes purchased from some of viticulturist David Abreu's vineyard sites. DB4 is a second wine, made of declassified wine from both BETTINA and Bryant Family Vineyard labels.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Interview: Don Bryant of Bryant Family Vineyard )〕 ==History== In 1985, Donald L. Bryant Jr. purchased the current site of the vineyard and winery with the intention of building a home. After learning that the site held excellent potential for grape growing, the decision was made to plant a vineyard at the location.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Interview: Don Bryant of Bryant Family Vineyard )〕 The first vintage was released in 1992 with winemaker Helen Turley at the helm. Through the 1990s, the wines became part of the cult wine phenomenon, propelling Bryant Family Vineyard into cult winery status along with a number of other Napa Valley wineries, driving up prices and demand.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= The Cults )〕 The 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996 and 1997 wines scored 97, 98, 99, 99 and 100 points, respectively, on Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, thus solidifying the winery's status as one of the top Cabernet Sauvignon producers in the United States.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Wine Advocate Reviews )〕 In the early 2000s the winery experienced some turmoil, beginning with Helen Turley's well-publicized lawsuit against Donald Bryant over her firing.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Helen Turley Sues Bryant Family Vineyard Over Her Departure )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Helen Turley Testifies in Suit Against Bryant Family Vineyard )〕 In the following years, Phillippe Melka took over winemaking duties, followed by other well-known names such as Mark Aubert (2007-2009 vintages), Ross Wallace (2010 vintage), Helen Keplinger (2011 vintage) and Todd Alexander (2012 & 2013 vintages). Influential critic Robert Parker Jr., has remarked about Bryant, "The wine from this hillside vineyard near Napa's Pritchard Hill, has already become mythical (1992 was the debut vintage). This is a wine of world-class quality, and is certainly as complete and potentially complex as any first-growth Bordeaux〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Wine Advocate Issue #120 )〕...It is not too much to suggest that in the future, Bryant's Pritchard Hill Cabernet Sauvignon might well be one of the wines that redefines greatness in Cabernet Sauvignon."〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Wine Advocate Issue #132 )〕 Critic Antonio Galloni, who has taken over Robert Parker Jr.'s role in scoring California wines for the Wine Advocate as of 2011, has stated, "Bryant is without question one of the most spectacular vineyards in Napa Valley. I don’t see any reason why the Cabernets that emerge from this property shouldn’t be among the top 5-10 wines in the valley each and every year."〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Wine Advocate Issue #204 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bryant Family Vineyard」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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