Canihan Family CellarsCanihan Family Cellars
Bill Canihan talks about the importance of grape growing and vineyard management for this Pinot Noir, Syrah, and Cabernet Franc producing family winery. Meticulous vine management and following their motto of "growing the best wine" has not only garnered acclaim for this young winery, but also earned an impressive lineup of medals from wine competitions around the country. About Canihan Family VineyardsThe Canihan Family vineyards are ideally located in the Sonoma Valley, and because we border on the Los Carneros Appellation, the vineyards receive the cool evening breezes and early morning fog from San Francisco Bay that provide for perfect grape growing conditions. Biodynamic vineyard management practices, dry-farming, and hand-harvesting only at complete ripeness, fermentation with naturally occurring native yeast, and no fining or filtering result in flavorful wines expressive of our "terroir".
Although our vineyards were first planted in 1998, we had nurtured the land for more than 30 years. William Canihan Sr. purchased the land from a Basque farmer in 1975. Because of our commitment to the land and organic practices, we let nature cleanse the soil for 23 years. We planted 1103 Paulsen, SO4, and 101-14 rootstocks, and the following spring we field grafted Pinot Noir French Dijon clones 115, 667 and 777, Syrah clone 1, and Cabernet Franc clones 4 and 7.
This year, our new four-acre Pinot Noir vineyard will yield fruit from clones including Pommard, Wadenswil (Domaine Romanee-Conti) 2a, Masson, Joseph Swan, and Hanzell.
Our vineyard manager, Phil Coturri is also currently managing the vineyards of Hanzell, Merus, Moon Mountain and Arrowood wineries. Mr. Coturri has an excellent reputation for his organic and biodynamic practices which are best judged by their results.
Read about Canihan Family Wines in the Fall 2010 edition of Sonoma Magazine
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Pinot Noir
100% Estate Grown 100% Dijon Clones 115, 667 & 777 Harvested on September 8, 2004 Sugar at Harvest: 25.5 Brix Cold soaked for four days Aged 16 months in 100% French Oak 14.5% Alcohol Residual Sugar: Dry Total Acid: 0.56g/100ml 3.87 pH Bottled on March 8, 2006 50 Cases Produced Released December, 2006 $35 per bottle
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Reserve Pinot Noir
100% Estate Grown 98% DijonClones 115, 667 & 777 Harvested on September 7, 2004 Sugar at Harvest: 26.1 Brix Cold soaked for four days Aged 16 months in Francois Freres Oak 13.8% Alcohol Residual Sugar: Dry Total Acid: 0.56g/100ml 3.87 pH Bottled on March 8, 2006 25 Cases Produced Released March 2007$50 per bottle |
Syrah
100% Estate Grown Harvested on September 21, 2004 Sugar at Harvest: 25.0 Brix Cold soaked for four days Aged 20 months in 100% French Oak 14.9% Alcohol Residual Sugar: Dry Total Acid: 0.57g/100ml 3.8 pH Bottled: May 30, 2006 170 Cases Produced Released: December 2006 $30 per bottle
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Silver Medal Winner- 2007 SF Chronicle Wine Competition.
Bronze Medal Winner- 2007 West Coast Wine Competition
Bronze Medal Winner- 2007 San Francisco International Wine Competition
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Best of Show & Double Gold Medal Winner- 2007 San Francisco International Wine Competition
Ordering Canihan Family WinesOur award winning wines are available for purchase two ways - by ordering directly from us using our Order Form or by joining our Wine Club. You may download this Order Form (click here), complete it and fax it to the number on the form. Or, you may call us at: (415) 929-8190. Our Wine Club members receive automatic shipments of our new releases twice each year. To learn more about our wine club, click here. We are sorry that we cannot legally ship to all states, including AL, AR, CT, DE, KY, ME, MD, MA, MS, MT, NJ, OK, PA, RI, SD, TN, UT. To encourage your lawmakers to allow shipments of our fine wines to your state, please visit www.freethegrapes.org and send your feelings to your state government. Thank you for your interest in Canihan Wines. We look forward to serving you. |
