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Breaux Vineyards
Breaux Vineyards is an American owned winery and vineyard located in Purcellville, Loudoun County, Virginia, USA. Founded by E. Paul Breaux, Jr. in 1997, the 100% estate grown winery was one of three United States wineries to be named in the book "Top 250 Wines 2012" by Oz Clarke for their Viognier, which landed at #87 in the publication.

History
In 1994 the 404 acre property in Loudoun County, Virginia known as "Grand Oak Farm" was purchased by E. Paul Breaux, Jr., President and CEO of Sun Realty of Nags Head, Inc. At the time of purchase there were 0.6 acres of Cabernet Sauvignon vines that had been planted in 1985 by David Collins, an independant vineyard consultant and winemaker for Willowcroft Farm Vineyards in Leesburg, Virginia. 2 years later the Breaux family started expanding the vineyard with the assistance of Collins, who would later be hired by Breaux Vineyards to be the head winemaker and vineyard manager. Breaux Vineyards, Ltd. was incorporated in 1997, and the vineyard was expanded from less than 1 acre of cultivated vines in 1996 to 105 acres in 2011. In 2005 E. Paul Breaux, Jr. turned over day to day operations to his daughter Jennifer Breaux Blosser and her husband Christopher Blosser, although Breaux maintained the title of CEO for Breaux Vineyards. In the spring of 2011 David Collins left the company to co-found his own project in Rohrersville, Maryland called "Big Cork Vineyards". He was replaced at Breaux Vineyards by David Pagan Castaño, of Spain.

Vineyards
The vineyard is a single contiguous property of 105 acres of vines under cultivation for the sole purpose of wine grape production. 18 different grape varieties are planted, including 9 white wine grape varieties, and 9 red wine grape varieties. Those varieties are:
 * 1) Barbera
 * 2) Cabernet Franc
 * 3) Cabernet Sauvignon
 * 4) Chambourcin
 * 5) Malbec
 * 6) Merlot
 * 7) Nebbiolo
 * 8) Petit Verdot
 * 9) Syrah
 * 10) Chardonnay
 * 11) Muscat Blanc
 * 12) Muscat Giallo
 * 13) Muscat Orange
 * 14) Sauvignon Blanc
 * 15) Semillon
 * 16) Seyval Blanc
 * 17) Vidal Blanc
 * 18) Viognier

The largest plantings on the property are dedicated to Cabernet Sauvignon (19.5 acres), Vidal Blanc (18 acres), and Merlot (17.5 acres). A combination of Lyre and VSP (Vertical Shoot Posititioning) vine training systems are used on the propety. All vines are maintained and harvested by hand, with mechanization being used for vine spraying and canopy management. The soil compositions are mostly Eubanks loam with slopes of varying grades that range between 2-15%.

Winery & Equipment
The winery is equipped with modern winemaking equipment including: 50,000 gallons of wine capacity within their German-manufactured temperature controlled tanks, a full sized Italian bottling line, a large hydraulic bladder grape press, several grape crusher/destemmers, a tempuerature controlled grape receiving room/crush pad, and a humidity & temperature controlled barrel room which houses their over 500 wine barrels.

The winery currently produces around 12,000 cases (144,000 bottles) per year.

Wines
8-12 wines per year are produced under the main Breaux Vineyards label, those wines often include:
 * Jolie Blond (Seyval Blanc)
 * Sauvignon Blanc
 * Viognier
 * Rosé (blend varies)
 * Madeleine's Chardonnay
 * Chère Marie (Vidal Blanc)
 * Jennifer's Jambalaya (proprietary blend of 7 white grapes)
 * Marquis de Lafayette (Cabernet Franc)
 * Equation (Merlot based Bordeaux style blend)
 * Nebbiolo
 * Nebbiolo Ice (Ice style dessert wine)
 * Soleil (Late harvest dessert wine, blend varies by vintage)

Breaux Vineyards also has a wine club they call the "Cellar Club", for which they produce an additional 12 wines per year under the Cellar Club label. These wines are smaller production quantities and are exclusively available for purchase to their wine club members.

Awards & Notoriety

 * Breaux Viognier - 1 of only 3 United States wines to be named to Oz Clarke's list of the "Top 250 Wines 2012", with a placement of #87 in the top 100 section of the publication.
 * Voted in 1st place as "Virginia's Favorite Winery" in 2011.
 * Voted in 1st place as "Virginia's Favorite Winery" in 2010.
 * Voted in 1st place as "Virginia's Favorite Winery" in 2009.
 * Voted in 1st place as "Virginia's Favorite Winery" in 2008.
 * Named Best Virginia Winery in 2011 by Northern Virginia Magazine.
 * 2007 Meritage - Silver Medal at the 2011 Decanter World Wine Awards.
 * 2007 Cabernet Franc Reserve - 89 Point rating by Food & Beverage World.
 * 2005 Marquis de Lafayette, Cabernet Franc - Named one of the top 5 American wines under $25.00 by Washingtonian Magazine.
 * 2005 Nebbiolo - 90 Point rating by Food & Beverage World.
 * 2002 Merlot Reserve - 92+ Points rating by Virginia Wine Guide.
 * 2001 Merlot - Best in Show at the Virginia State Fair & Best in Class at the L.A. County Fair (Los Angeles, California).
 * Named Best Special Events location at a Virginia Winery in 2012, by Virginia Wine Lover Magazine.

Distribution
Breaux Vineyards is distributed domestically in the United States in Virginia, Maryland, West Virginia, North Carolina, and Washington DC. They are also distributed internationally by New Horizon Wines, LLC to Europe, and by Young Wan, Inc. to South Korea.