Now in its fourth decade of production, Winemakers John Williams, Paula Moschetti and Rory Williams hand-craft an annual production of 65,000 cases comprised of Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Zinfandel, Merlot, and an estate-grown Cabernet Sauvignon. A handsome bi-level barrel chai completes the state-of-the-art winemaking facility and guests are received in the warm and welcoming LEED-certified hospitality center. This noted ‘ghost winery’ was built in 1884 as the Adamson Winery and renovated in 1994 as Frog's Leap's permanent home. Originally founded by the Williams Family in 1981 on a spot along Mill Creek known as the Frog Farm, today Frog's Leap makes its home amongst 200 acres of vineyards in Rutherford at the historic ‘Red Barn’. Vessels, with the remainder in a combination of French and American oak-įrog's Leap is a family-owned winery dedicated to sustainable principles and committed to producing wines with balance, restraint and respect for terroir.
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Most lots were pressed off prior to full dryness to prevent Pumpover this addition has the effect of lowering the temperature of the must,ĭropping the potential alcohol, and providing a significant boost to the phenolic Vigorously on its native yeast, the cold Petite Sirah must was added as a part of a Once the Zinfandel was in tank and had begun to ferment Harvested all at once and held on cold soak for a week, waiting for the Zinfandel Next, the majority of the Petite Sirah from the Rutherford ranches was Were kept separate and co-fermented with a portion of the vineyard’s Petite The Molinari vineyard was the first to be picked each of its blocks With the 2019 vintage yielding anĮspecially powerful wine, we hope you take our advice! JWĢ019 saw the continued development of our somewhat unusual approach to co-fermentation. With the patience to hold on to a few bottles. Natural acidity and moderate alcohols that will provide great reward for those However, as we have beenĪsserting for four decades, our Zinfandels are crafted for the cellar, and have the
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