Kiler Canyon Vineyard
The highly anticipated launch of Kiler Canyon Vineyard marks the arrival of a new gem in the heart of Paso Robles’ wine country. Nestled in the sought after Willow Creek District, this boutique vineyard combines impeccable winemaking techniques with a deep respect for tradition, offering a unique selection of small production wines that reflect the rich terroir of the land.
Kiler Canyon is committed to farming sustainably and on the road to becoming fully organic within the next two years.
The property consists of 24 planted acres on 62 total acres. This sub-AVA is home to Paso Robles’ most acclaimed vineyards and producers. While the Templeton Gap wind effect is very much felt at Kiler Canyon Vineyard, this site’s defining characteristic is its steep grades and depleted limestone soils.
Combined, these factors all ensure the vines struggle to grow and must reach deep for nutrients, ensuring low-yielding grapes that follow are equally intense and powerful. With such a limited number of varieties planted, we are able to focus solely on the grape types most known to thrive in Willow Creek.
Rhone-focused Wines
When purchased in 2017, the Kiler Canyon Vineyard was an exciting opportunity to produce rhone-focused wines from the rarified soils of the Willow Creek District of Paso Robles.
The replanting and re-envisioning of the property would take another 3 years before we'd see the fruit of our labors, and in 2020 we got our first glimpse of what this property was capable of. Even for young vines getting established in challenging soils, the balance and intensity of the wines produced from the site has become increasingly apparent with each passing year, and our understanding of the site and how best to farm and produce wines from it has progressed quickly.
With the first two vintages in bottle (2020 and 2021) it's hard to understate how well the investment in the property has worked in our favor. The various clones of Syrah and Mourvèdre each have unique personalities and strengths, and through blending we've produced wines with intricate tapestries of aromatics, flavors, and structures; All with a terroir-driven throughline of chalky tannin and gushing fruit characteristics.
With plans to plant the final piece of the Rhone-puzzle, Grenache, shortly we are looking forward to expanding even more on the complexity and diversity of these wines.