Plum, blueberry, violets, black currant and wild, brambly blackberry fruit. It keeps opening with cocoa bean, a sweet blue fruit perfume wrapped in sweet oak. The wine is fat, round and ready to drink now.

• Producer Canepa Koch Wine Cellars
• Country Hierarchy Napa Valley, California, USA
• Grape/Blend 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Merlot, 15% Cab Franc, 5% Petit Verdot
• Alcohol Content

Canepa Koch Wine Cellars strives to make wines with incredible depth, richness and length. We do this by implementing small lot winemaking techniques including small lot fermentations, berry sorting and minimal fermentation intervention. Basically, we let the vineyards we select speak for themselves and the end result is selected for “the dude”.  

Red Winemaking

Most of our winemaking is done in one ton bins and barrels converted for fermentation. This "small lot" fermentation techniques gives our wines color, depth and beautiful texture. After fermentation, all of our wines proceed to barrel, where they go through Malo-lactic Fermentation, or "ML". Approximately 50% of our wines go through this process in new French Oak,  which allows for early integration of wood and wine. 

Thank you for supporting CKWC and “the dude”, we look forward to sharing our exceptional wines with you.

Canepa Koch Wine Cellars is a partnership between Mark Canepa and Neil Koch. Together Mark and Neil have over 25 years of wine industry experience. Mark and Neil have known each other since 2004 and both were recruited by Seguin Moreau (Cooperage in Napa Valley) and they both took Sales positions. They quickly realized that if they combined their skills and resources they could launch something exciting. Their goal is to create wines that are well rounded, enjoyable and affordable. 

We are excited to share our wine, and passion with you.

CO-PROPRIETOR: MARK CANEPA

Mark has been in the wine business since 2004 and since 2010 with Seguin Moreau, one of the premiere cooperages in the world.  He works daily with winemakers in the Napa Valley and greater bay area to select the specific Oak barrels for their wines.

CO-PROPRIETOR AND WINEMAKER: NEIL KOCH