Frog's Leap
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Editorial profile
Frog's Leap is a Rutherford estate founded by John Williams, who pressed his first harvest in 1981 and released the winery's inaugural Sauvignon Blanc in 1982. The Williams family moved the winery to its current 31-acre Rutherford Bench home, a former Red Barn ranch, in 1994, later adding the neighboring Rossi Ranch.
Certified organic and entirely dry-farmed, the estate centers on Cabernet Sauvignon grown on the gravelly benchland soils that produce Rutherford's signature "Rutherford Dust" character, with Cabernet Franc worked in as a hallmark of the blend. Sauvignon Blanc, made every year since the winery's founding, and a single-vineyard Carneros Chardonnay sourced from the Truchard family since 1985 round out the core lineup, alongside estate Merlot and an old-vine, concrete-aged Zinfandel from the St. Helena AVA. Winemaker Rory Williams, John's son, now works alongside him in the cellar.
- Winemaker
- John Williams (Founder), Rory Williams
Facts read from frogsleap.com
What's on file
founded
as stated by the producer
Address
8815 CONN CREEK RD
Wines
Estate Grown Cabernet Sauvignon
blend · Rutherford
estate-grown on the Rutherford Bench; Cabernet Franc a regular component of the blend
organically dry-farmed estate and grower fruit; produced every year since founding in 1981
single hillside vineyard farmed by the Truchard family since 1985
estate-grown since 1990; occasionally augmented with small portions of Cabernet Sauvignon or Cabernet Franc
blend
co-fermented old-vine field blend, aged in concrete
blend · California
multi-region California red blend sourced from Lodi/Mokelumne River, Mendocino, and Carneros
Soil Selection tier; fermented and aged entirely in concrete eggs from Williams Rossi Ranch old-cane vines
Williams Rossi Cabernet Sauvignon
Soil Selection tier; barrel-selected lots from the family's Rutherford home ranch
Soil Selection tier; barrel-selected lots from the family's Rutherford home ranch
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