Pinot Noir

November 11 2011

Wine & Spirits Magazine’s Top 100 wines of the year!

We were thrilled to be included in the annual Wine and Spirits Magazine Top 100 wines of the year issue. Check out the write up below. 2008 Bien Nacido Vineyard Chardonnay—95 Points "...

Tags: Pinot Noir, Press

November 10 2011

October 2011 issue of Wine Enthusiast hot off the press!

We were pleased to make the cut into this month's issue of The Wine Enthusiast with some outstanding scores! Please track down the magazine for the full tasting notes. The scores are...

Tags: Pinot Noir, Press

November 10 2011

Chanin Wine Co. featured in the Pinot File

There is a great piece in the current issue of Pinot File about two of wines. The Pinot File is one of the most well regarded wine publications out there and it is fantastic to be included in this...

Tags: Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Press

October 25 2011

2009 | Bien Nacido Vineyard | Pinot Noir

Variety: Pinot Noir
Vintage: 2009
Vineyard: Bien Nacido Vineyard

Our Bien Nacido Pinot Noir comes from ten-year-old vines on the upper bench portion of the vineyard. The vines, Dijon clone 113 and 777, were planted between older Pinot Noir and have to struggle...

Tags: 2009, Bien Nacido Vineyard, Pinot Noir

June 10 2011

Randy Capararos speaks out about Balanced Pinot

Ah, but therein lies the problem: there are also lots of less desirable wines made in the so-called "balanced" style. After all, who's to say a leaner, tighter pinot noir with more...

Tags: Balance, Pinot Noir, Press

June 10 2011

Chanin shout out by the San Francisco Chronicle

by Jon Bonné Monday’s “In Pursuit of Balance” event in San Francisco was crowded with such a roster of writerly types that its particulars will be only too well covered. The question at hand:...

Tags: Balance, Pinot Noir, Press

June 10 2011

Steve Heimoff 'Weighing in on Balance'

At RN74 the place was jammed. So many famous wineries came: Flowers, ABC, Calera, Copain, Failla (Ehren Jordan, Virginie and I walked to RN74 from the hotel, together with a somm from New York whose...

Tags: Balance, Pinot Noir, Press

June 10 2011

Vinography Review 9.5 out of 10!

WINES SCORING BETWEEN 9 AND 9.52008 Chanin "Le Bon Climat Vineyard" Pinot Noir, Santa Maria Valley. $43Light garnet in the glass, this wine smells of spicy raspberry and cranberry fruit. In the...

Tags: Pinot Noir, Press

June 3 2011

Nice write up from Coferment

Tasting a load of great wines (Au Bon Climat, Ceritas, Copain, Cobb, Evening Land, Failla, Soliste, Peay, Mt Eden, among others) there were a few that really stood out to me. One of those that really...

Tags: Pinot Noir, Press

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

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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