Current Releases

October 25 2011

2009 | Los Alamos Vineyard | Chardonnay

Variety: Chardonnay
Vintage: 2009
Vineyard: Los Alamos Vineyard

This chardonnay comes from a high elevation site on Los Alamos Vineyard, where the soil changes from typical Los Alamos sand to calcaric shale and limestone. The grapes were handpicked on September...

Tags: 2009, Chardonnay, Los Alamos Vineyard

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

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

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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