Harvest 2008

January 10 2011

90 Points from Tanzer!

2008 Chanin Wine Company Chardonnay Bien Nacido Vineyard Santa Maria Valley By Josh Raynolds Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar, Nov 10 ($30) Bright yellow-gold. Pear, tangerine and...

Tags: Chardonnay, Harvest 2008, Pinot Noir, Press

September 7 2010

2008 | Bien Nacido Vineyard | Pinot Noir

Variety: Pinot Noir
Vintage: 2008

Our Bien Nacido Pinot Noir comes from ten-year-old vines on the upper bench portion of the vineyard. The vines were planted between older Pinot Noir and have to struggle every year to get the...

Tags: Bien Nacido, Harvest 2008, Pinot Noir

September 7 2010

2008 | Bien Nacido Vineyard | Chardonnay

Variety: Chardonnay
Vintage: 2008
Vineyard: Bien Nacido Vineyard

This chardonnay comes from 37-year-old vines on the classic Santa Maria bench plantings of Bien Nacido. My goal is to make chardonnay in a style that is bent towards more mineral and racy wines. The...

Tags: Bien Nacido, Chardonnay, Harvest 2008

September 7 2010

2008 | Los Alamos Vineyard | Chardonnay

Variety: Chardonnay
Vintage: 2008

This chardonnay comes from a higher elevation site on Los Alamos Vineyard. With this higher elevation, the soil changes from sandy soil to Calcaric shale and limestone. The grapes were...

Tags: Chardonnay, Harvest 2008

August 31 2010

2008 | Le Bon Climat | Pinot Noir

Variety: Pinot Noir
Vintage: 2008

This pinot noir was picked early in the morning on September 4th from Jim Clendenen’s certified organic vineyard, Le Bon Climat. It was destemmed into a 1.5 ton open top tank. The grapes were...

Tags: Harvest 2008, Pinot Noir

News & Events

January 17 2012

SF Chronicle Winemaker to watch: Gavin Chanin

Jon Bonné wrote a fantastic piece in Sunday’s...

January 15 2012

Wall Street Journal shouts out to Chanin Wine Company

Wondering what to bring home for the holidays?...

January 15 2012

Prince of Pinot reviews Chanin

One of the first online publications I read when...

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Gavin Chanin amongst wine barrels