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2015 Bryant Family Vineyard Bettina Bryant Proprietary Red

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December 10, 2023 - $215

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RATINGS

98James Suckling

Wonderful floral, fresh and bright aromas with excellent nuances of dark fruit, spices and fresh tobacco. Pencil shaving. Leafy. Mushrooms, too. Full-bodied, tight and clean. A racy and balanced Bettina. The balance is extremely impressive for this vintage.

93Vinous / IWC

...Powerful and intense in all of its dimensions, the 2015 is both immediate and also quite resonant in its depth. Super-ripe black cherry, torrefaction, espresso, menthol, licorice and dark spice notes infuse this heady, flamboyant wine from Bryant.

91-93The Wine Advocate

...ripe blackberry, black plums and black pepper notes over earthy/loam and forest floor nuances. Medium to full-bodied with a pleasantly earthy restraint in the mouth, it has a solid frame of chewy tannins and good length.

REGION

United States, California, Napa Valley

Napa Valley AVA is the most famous winemaking region in the United States and one of the most prestigious in the world. With nearly 43,000 acres of vineyards and more than 300 wineries, it is the heart of fine wine production in the United States. Winemaking started in Napa in 1838 when George C. Yount planted grapes and began producing wine commercially. Other winemaking pioneers followed in the late 19th century, including the founders of Charles Krug, Schramsberg, Inglenook and Beaulieu Vineyards. An infestation of phylloxera, an insect that attacks vine roots, and the onset of Prohibition nearly wiped out the nascent Napa wine industry in the early 20th century. But by the late 1950s and early 1960s Robert Mondavi and other visionaries were producing quality wines easily distinguishable from the mass-produced jug wines made in California’s Central Valley. Napa Valley’s AVA was established in 1983, and today there are 16 sub-appellations within the Napa Valley AVA. Many grapes grow well in Napa’s Mediterranean climate, but the region is best known for Cabernet Sauvignon. Chardonnay is also very successfully cultivated, and about 30% of the AVA’s acreage is planted to white grapes, with the majority of those grapes being Chardonnay,