2023 Frog's Leap Winery Sauvignon Blanc Napa Valley 750 ml

Frog’s Leap founder John Williams has been obsessed with crafting pure and refined Sauvignon Blanc since visiting France’s Loire Valley in the early 1980s. He returned to the United States with a farming philosophy he knew would give him the style of Sauvignon Blanc he desired—and he wasn’t going to let anyone sway him in his pursuit. 

It didn’t take long for the wine world to notice. Shortly after Frog Leap’s founding in 1981, the New York Times quickly picked up the story of this young Napa Valley upstart, and soon New York’s epicenter of French gastronomy, La Grenouille, took an interest. Now, the Frog’s Leap Sauvignon Blanc graces the wine lists of top restaurants around the world. 

“The wines are classically built, delicious and incredibly fairly priced by today’s standards,” said Vinous founder Antonio Galloni about Frog’s Leap. “If that isn’t a compelling value proposition, I don’t know what is.”

If there is one word that captures Williams’s approach to farming, it is harmony. Happy vines produce the best fruit, he believes, so great care must be taken not to disturb the delicate ecosystem that is the vineyard. This means farming organically and refusing to irrigate. The latter, Williams insists, is more environmentally responsible and yields more intensely concentrated grapes that produce wines with lower alcohol levels. He was called the “hippie farmer” for a while, but for him, it was a badge of honor.

This Sauvignon Blanc is a true classic of Napa Valley. Every fridge should have some.