Whitcraft, Pinot Noir Santa Rita Hills Pence Ranch Calera Clone, 2023 111524NEW Frog's Leap founder and winemaker

Frog's Leap founder and winemaker John Williams was employee #1 at Stag's Leap before he become the founder of Napa's first organic-certified winery

There’s no sugary gloss here—just honest aging and balance

power expressed through nuance rather than force

This is the estate's secret weapon

this Grenache-dominant wine captures the power and depth of the region while maintaining freshness and finesse

Whitcraft, Pinot Noir Santa Rita Hills Pence Ranch Calera Clone, 2023 111524NEW Frog's Leap founder and winemakerThe Calera clone is the closest thing California Pinot Noir has to a smuggling legend: cuttings that Josh Jensen selected in Burgundy the story ties them to Domaine de la Romane Conti and brought home in the 1970s to plant on limestone in the Gavilan Mountains. Whitcraft grows that heritage selection at Pence Ranch in the Sta. Rita Hills, one of California's coldest, windiest Pinot addresses, where the valley runs east west and pulls ocean air