ESTATE Leonardini Family - Tom Sr., Katie, Karen, Kristen, Tom Jr. WHITEHALL LANE Our History

hitehall Lane is a The winery was founded in 1979 but the history small, family owned of the soil cultivation dates back two centuries. In the mid 1800’s, Napa Valley settlers were drawn to winery in Napa Val- the gravelly loam soils and ideal climate, planting ley’s historic Ruther- high quality grape vines at the Whitehall Lane Win- fordW appellation. We grow 115,447 ery site. A barn constructed in the early 1900’s for grape vines in our seven estate vine- equipment storage is still used today. In 1979, two yards including the Leonardini Vine- brothers built the winery and directed their wine- making efforts successfully to Merlot and Cabernet yard in St. Helena. We are committed Sauvignon. They named the winery after the road to making the finest Cabernet Sau- that runs along the south border of the property, vignons, Merlot, , Whitehall Lane. and a stunning proprie- In 1993, the Leonardini Family purchased the tary red blend named Tre Leoni. Whitehall Lane Winery estate. We updated the winemaking and barrel aging program and intro- The winery continues to receive accolades and duced a scientific approach in the vineyards. The awards for producing exceptional world-class wines. winery now owns seven prime properties In Wine Spectator Magazine’s year-end ranking of totaling more than 145 acres that are the corner- wines, Whitehall Lane has been honored three times stone on which the wines are made. They include for producing wines rated among the top five in two vineyards in the St. Helena Appellation, three the world. The winery was also voted Winery of the vineyards (including the winery) in the Rutherford Year from Quarterly Review of Wines and Wine Appellation, one vineyard in the Oak Knoll District and Spirits Magazine. Napa Valley Life Magazine of Napa Valley and one vineyard in Sonoma Valley. also rated its tasting room Best Tasting Room for Napa Valley.

The Leonardini Family follows a successful equation at Whitehall Lane Winery: grow the best grapes to make the best wine. They own seven spectacular vineyards. WHITEHALL LANE Jason Moulton, Winemaker

ason Moulton is a hands-on winemaker utilizing the knowledge he has gained at wineries across the globe. “I learned a great deal working with some talented people all overJ the world,” he said. “And now I am focused on bringing my experiences to glean the best out of Whitehall Lane’s vineyards every single year.” The Leonardini Family introduced Jason Moulton as their winemaker in 2016. He was excited to join the Whitehall Lane team because of the Leonardini’s commitment to their vineyards and the wine. He has immersed himself in the nuances of the seven estate vineyards, energized the winemaking team and elevated wine quality. He moved through the ranks from cellar worker to cellar master, assistant winemaker to winemaker, most notably at Long Meadow Ranch Winery in St. Helena, Cliff Lede Vineyards in Yountville and most recently at Brassfield Estate Winery in the High Valley AVA of Lake County. He started his winemaking career in Rutherford, traversed the world and is back in Ru- “It is wonderful to have a therford making his mark with world-class wines. He graduated from the Lincoln University Viticulture and Enology program in winemaker with a wealth New Zealand and spent over 10 years making wine in Napa Val- of worldly wine experience,” ley, Russian River, Canada, New Zealand, Bordeaux and South said winery partner Katie Africa. He has worked with renowned winemakers Philippe Melka, David Ramey, Kale Anderson and Ashley Heisey. Leonardini. “He brings both “It is wonderful to have a young winemaker with a wealth of new world and old world worldly wine experience,” said winery partner, Katie Leonardini. knowledge with modern “He brings both new world and old world wine knowledge with practices. We love the modern practices. We love what he brings to our vineyards and winemaking.” prospects he is bringing to our vineyards and winemaking.”

LEONARDINI VINEYARD Saint Helena - Napa Valley

he Leonardini Vineyard was first plant- Geyer built the Harvest Inn on the lot that fronts the ed to grapes in the late 1800’s when the main highway (Highway 29). Lewelling Family settled on a large tract Wild mustard and various grasses grew in the of land on the southern outskirts of St. 14-acre vineyard site behind the Harvest Inn until THelena. The old-time farmers of the area said that the 1989 when the vineyard was finally replanted under soil, Cortina Gravely Loam, in this particular area was the direction of Whitehall Lane Winery. In 1993 the renowned for “black” Leonardini Family of wine grapes. Howev- Whitehall Lane Winery er, the quality of the bought the vineyard. harvests varied greatly Two separate wells were depending on seasonal sunk and irrigation rainfall due to the fast added to feed the vines draining soils. Because during the growing of the uncertainty of season. yearly harvests, the The vineyard was Lewelling Family turned most recently replanted the vineyard into graz- to Cabernet Sauvignon ing pastureland in the in 2014 and 2016 early 1900’s. They also utilizing two different planted grain on a few rootstocks and three occasions before leasing different clones. The the property to the City rootstocks that were of St. Helena for a proposed airport. The airport was chosen work well in the specific vineyard blocks and never constructed but an unused dirt airstrip stood the clones were picked because of their excellent track for a number of years. record for high quality. The canopy and pruning sys- In 1940, the Lewelling Family sold part of their tem in place allows maximum sun exposure without tract to Fred Boraldo that included what are now the over-cropping. Leonardini Vineyard and the Harvest Inn. During The Wine Spectator selected the Leonardini Vine- these years, the electric railroad ran trains across the yard Cabernet Sauvignon as the finest representation western edge of the property and Boraldo contin- for the St. Helena appellation. This wine is what a St. ued to use the land for grazing cattle. Boraldo sold Helena Cabernet Sauvignon should taste like. the property to Richard Geyer in 1973 and in 1979 LEONARDINI VINEYARD

Cabernet Sauvignon Block 1 Block 2

Block 3B

Block 4

Block 3A

VINE ACRES DATE BLOCK CLONE ROOTSTOCK SPACING COUNT PLANTED PLANTED

1 Cabernet Sauvignon 34.1 GRN1 7 x 4 2,460 1.81 2016

2 Cabernet Sauvignon 34.1 039-16 7 x 4 1,496 1.37 2016

3A Cabernet Sauvignon 685 GRN1 10 x 4 4,276 3.93 2014

3B Cabernet Sauvignon 412 GRN1 10 x 4 1,692 1.55 2014

4 Cabernet Sauvignon 8 039-16 10 x 5 3,447 3.96 2005

Total Vines: 13,371 Total Acres: 14.40 FAWN PARK VINEYARD Saint Helena - Napa Valley

awn Park Vineyard is located just off the about 1915. A vintage barn pre-dates the house and Napa Valley floor on the eastern hillside at was constructed in 1905 using timbers harvested from the Silverado Trail in St. Helena. This gently Howell Mountain. Prior to grapes and after the Na- sloping vineyard has produced outstanding tive Americans left, this property was used as a dairy Fhillside fruit for more than 30 years. The vineyard to supply milk to the St. Helena Sanitarium (now is planted primarily to high-power Cabernet Sauvi- known as St. Helena Hospital). The Hultman Family gnon with a small two-acre block of Petit Verdot. The owned the property from 1928 to 1978, ran the dairy vineyard has excellent draining soils with spectacular and also raised chickens there. In 1978 Loren Soren- sun exposure. son purchased the land, planted the vineyard, dug a The property’s history pre-dates the vines or its spring-fed pond and continued a small farm for the buildings. It’s been told that Native Americans mined local 4-H program. the neighboring Glass Mountain, camped at the base The property is named Fawn Park Vineyard after of this property and turned the mined obsidian into the road that borders the southern side of the estate. tools and arrowheads. There is a home on the proper- This road was originally the stagecoach road going ty that was constructed in 1865 with a second story up and over Howell Mountain to Angwin and Pope addition made when Judge Chiles owned the estate in Valley. FAWN PARK VINEYARD

Cabernet Sauvignon Petit Verdot Block 2

Block 1

VINE ACRES DATE BLOCK VARIETAL CLONE ROOTSTOCK SPACING COUNT PLANTED PLANTED

1 Cabernet Sauvignon 4 110R, 3309C 7 x 5 10,413 8.36 1980

2 Petit Verdot 400 110R 7 x 5 2,910 2.34 2005

Total Vines: 13,323 Total Acres: 18.61 MILLENNIUM MM VINEYARD Rutherford - Napa Valley

he Leonardini Family purchased the Linton and was in decline due to phylloxera when Millennium MM Vineyard in the year Whitehall Lane Winery purchased the property. 2000: a milestone acquisition in a Starting in 2003, Whitehall Lane began replant- milestone year. This 20-acre vineyard is ing the vineyard. Using a scientifically engineered Tlocated less than one-half mile from Whitehall Lane machine to profile the soils throughout the vine- Winery on the northwest edge of the Rutherford yard, new vineyard blocks were established based Appellation. This vineyard has a storied history of on soil criteria. With these results, sub-blocks were producing Reserve-style Cabernet Sauvignon grapes created that were planted with ideally matched for some of Napa Valley’s notable and distinguished rootstocks and clones in an effort to grow grapes wineries. Historic Napa Valley pioneers like Lori with optimum complexity and flavor. Each block Wood and Andre Tchelistcheff of Freemark Ab- also has its own irrigation system to meter out water bey and Beaulieu Vineyards walked this vineyard during the growing season. Row orientation and and made wine with grapes from this site. It was trellis systems were also matched to suit growth and replanted in the late 1980’s to AXR1 by George sun exposure. MILLENNIUM MM VINEYARD

Block 2

Block 3 Block 1 Block 4

Block 5

Block 6 Cabernet Sauvignon

VINE ACRES DATE BLOCK VARIETAL CLONE ROOTSTOCK SPACING COUNT PLANTED PLANTED

1 Cabernet Sauvignon 4 101-14 9 x 5 4,041 4.17 2003

2 Cabernet Sauvignon 169 101-14 8 x 5 2,180 2.00 2008

3 Cabernet Sauvignon 337 101-14 8 x 5 2,143 1.97 2008

4 Cabernet Sauvignon 15 SO4 8 x 5 2,808 2.58 2008

5 Cabernet Sauvignon 30 SO4 8 x 5 2,819 2.59 2008

6 Cabernet Sauvignon 7 SO4 8 x 5 3,507 3.22 2008

Total Vines: 17,498 Total Acres: 20 WINERY VINEYARD 1979 Rutherford - Napa Valley

his ranch may be called Vineyard 1979 in 1979. It was Finkelstein and Steen who successfully but the history of this property goes back built Whitehall Lane Winery on the 25-acre vineyard. much further. Napa Valley settlers were The winery and vineyard have been owned by the drawn to the soils and ideal climate, Leonardini Family of St. Helena since 1993. Tplanting grapevines at the Whitehall Lane Winery The Winery Estate Vineyard is currently planted site more than 150 years ago. Located in the center to Merlot, Sauvignon Blanc, Malbec and Cabernet of Napa Valley on the western side of Highway 29, Franc. A little more than half of the vineyard was this site provides loam and gravelly soils and full sun replanted in 2017. Merlot makes up the largest and exposure for growing exceptional grapes. The vineyard the oldest planting with a new block replanted in changed hands a number of times through the years. 2017. Sauvignon Blanc has grown spectacularly for Guiseppe and Rosalie Baranzini owned the property more than 25 years at this location and this block in the 1940’s and 1950’s. In the mid-1970’s, Davis was replanted in 2017 on new rootstock. Malbec and Bynum controlled the property but couldn’t get a Cabernet Franc are new varieties added at the site for winery permit and sold it to Howard Allen. Allen inclusion in Whitehall Lane’s red blends including the also made an unsuccessful bid to put a winery on the winery’s super-secret “V” Wine Program. property and sold it to Art Finkelstein and Alan Steen WINERY VINEYARD 1979

Cabernet Franc Malbec Merlot Sauvignon Blanc Block 4 Block 5

Block Block 3 2

Block 1

VINE ACRES DATE BLOCK VARIETAL CLONE ROOTSTOCK SPACING COUNT PLANTED PLANTED

1 Merlot 3 GRN1 7 x 5 3,397 2.73 2017

2 Sauvignon Blanc 1 1616C 7 x 5 6,175 4.96 2017

3 Merlot 3 3309C, 5C, SO4 10 x 6 6,324 8.71 1994

4 Malbec 595 1616C 7 x 5 2,788 2.24 2017

5 Cabernet Franc 12 1103P 5 x 4 244 .12 2017

Total Vines: 18,928 Total Acres: 25.30 BOMMARITO VINEYARD Rutherford - Napa Valley

he Bommarito Vineyard is located on nently in 1929 with his wife, four children and moth- Galleron Road in the Rutherford Appela- er. He built five additional homes on the property tion of the Napa Valley. The vineyard is between 1941 and 1953. Many of the furnishings in approximately 25 acres with soils that are the houses were acquired from surplus at Mare Island Tvery similar to those in the Whitehall Lane Winery Naval Ship Yard, including sinks and plumming. Estate Vineyard. It has produced outstanding grapes Dominic Bommarito was a founding member of the since the early 1920’s when Dominic Bommarito Napa Valley Co-Op and farmed his vineyard until purchased the Rutherford property to plant a vineyard his death in 1963. His wife, Carmen Bommarito, and build a summer home. tended to the vineyard until her death in December, The Vineyard is planted to three different grape va- 1994. Working by her side was son Salvatore “Toots” rieties. The rootstocks in this vineyard were matched Bommarito. Toots spent his entire life on the proper- to the various soil types, two different spacing and ty, working in the vineyard, tending to the properties trellis systems were implemented and grape clones and establishing “Toots Stories” too numerous to were selected to yield ultimate fruit flavors. explore. He retired in 1994. Dominic Bommarito was born in Sicily in 1889 Whitehall Lane Winery continues to call the and immigrated to the United States in 1903. In the property the Bommarito Vineyard, recognizing the early 1920’s he began construction on his Summer wonderful history of the Napa Valley, its pioneers and home and moved to this Rutherford estate perma- its characters. BOMMARITO VINEYARD

Block 4

Block 3B Block Block Block 3A 1B 1A

Block 2B Block 2A Cabernet Sauvignon Sauvignon Blanc Semillon

VINE ACRES DATE BLOCK VARIETAL CLONE ROOTSTOCK SPACING COUNT PLANTED PLANTED

1A Cabernet Sauvignon 4 Schwarzmann 8 x 5 4,406 4.05 2000

1B Cabernet Sauvignon 4 Borner 8 x 5 3,628 3.33 2000

2A Semillon 3 5C 8 x 5 2,111 1.94 2000

2B Sauvignon Blanc 5C 8 x 5 3,919 3.60 2000

3A Sauvignon Blanc Muscat 039-16 9 x 6 3,485 4.32 2000

3B Sauvignon Blanc Muscat 101-14 9 x 6 2,623 3.25 2000

4 Cabernet Sauvignon 337 5C 6 x 4 374 0.21 2000

Total Vines: 20,546 Total Acres: 25.1 OAK GLEN VINEYARD Oak Knoll District of Napa Valley

he Oak Glen Vineyard is situated near a replanted the vineyard to Chardonnay grapes. This grove of majestic Oak trees on the eastern exceptional quality fruit was sold to Mumm - Napa side of the Napa Valley floor. This 25-acre Valley for their sparkling wine program. parcel on Silverado Trail is between the In 1996, the Leonardini Family of Whitehall Lane Ttowns of Napa and Yountville, close to the Napa River Winery purchased the property with the vision of with soils that are gravelly with excellent drainage to replanting the vineyard. With exceptional gravelly the river. A seasonal soils and all day sun creek divides the exposure, it was property and cre- decided to replant ates a small “island” the property to and secluded grove Cabernet Sauvi- of oaks. gnon on the eastern This idyllic side and Sauvignon setting has been a Blanc to the west. glorious homesite They replanted the since the early vineyard in the 1900’s and served summer of 1998. as pastureland for More recently in grazing cattle be- 2017, a new Exper- longing to the near- imental Red grape by Stanley Dairy. was planted on the In 1948, Hermosa western portion of and Louise Smith bought the property and began the vineyard, closest to the Napa River replacing some farming it. Smith was a sea captain who took to farm- of the Sauvignon Blanc. This isolated “island” allows ing, raising pigs and growing wheat on the site. From Whitehall Lane to work with UC Davis viticulturists the late 1960’s and through the 70’s, the Silva family in growing a new red variety that will have charac- enjoyed the shade of oak glen on the Napa River. teristics of Cabernet Sauvignon and Petite Sirah but They removed some of the trees and planted the first with a resistance to Pierce Disease that is common in grapes in the late 1960’s. In 1980 a group headed vineyard blocks close to the Napa River. by Jack Goodwin purchased the property, removed the last three oak trees on the north east corner and OAK GLEN VINEYARD

Cabernet Sauvignon Experimental Red Sauvignon Blanc Block Block Block 3 2 1

Block Block Block Block 4 Block 7 6 5 8

VINE ACRES DATE BLOCK VARIETAL CLONE ROOTSTOCK SPACING COUNT PLANTED PLANTED

1 Cabernet Sauvignon 4 1103P 8 x 5 2,349 2.16 1998

2 Cabernet Sauvignon 4 3309C 8 x 5 3,893 3.57 1998

3 Sauvignon Blanc Muscat 101-14 8 x 5 2,402 2.21 1998

4 Experimental Red UC Davis 1103P 8 x 5 2,004 1.84 2016

5 Cabernet Sauvignon 4 110R 8 x 5 2,007 1.84 1998

6 Cabernet Sauvignon 4 Schwarzmann 8 x 5 2,080 1.91 1998

7 Cabernet Sauvignon 7 & 8 Schwarzmann, 5C 8 x 5 2,705 2.48 1998

8 Cabernet Sauvignon 8 5C 8 x 5 3,910 3.59 1998

Total Vines: 21,350 Total Acres: 25 RASSI VINEYARD Sonoma Valley - Sonoma

he Rassi Vineyard is locat- ed in a gravel stratum on the eastern slope of Sono- ma Valley at the base of Tthe Mayacamas Mountain range. This hillside location has excellent afternoon sun exposure throughout the long, warm summer and is ideally suited for growing Cabernet Sauvignon. The grapes from this meticulously farmed vineyard have been used in a countless acclaimed wines over the years. The property was originally part of the 1,864 acre Rancho Aqua Caliente land grant of General Vallejo. In the 1940’s this 16-acre parcel became part of the family ranch for the Claude and Evelyn Duncan family. Their grandson Den- nis Rassi tended to the Duncan-Rassi Vineyard before selling it in 2012 to the Leonardini Family of Whitehall Lane Winery. RASSI VINEYARD

Block Block 3 Block 5 Block 1A Block 1B 6

Block Block 7 2

Block 4

Cabernet Sauvignon

VINE ACRES DATE BLOCK VARIETAL CLONE ROOTSTOCK SPACING COUNT PLANTED PLANTED

1A Cabernet Sauvignon 169 110R 4 x 10 363 0.33 2011/12

1B Cabernet Sauvignon 337 1103P 5 x 10 2,151 2.47 2001

2 Cabernet Sauvignon 337 5BB 5 x 10 2,517 2.89 2001

3 Cabernet Sauvignon 337 110R 5 x 10 2,360 2.71 2001

4 Cabernet Sauvignon 341 110R 5 x 10 505 0.58 2001

5 Cabernet Sauvignon 191 110R 5 x 10 958 1.10 2001

6 Cabernet Sauvignon 15 1103P 5 x 10 932 1.07 2001

7 Cabernet Sauvignon 15 5BB 5 x 10 645 0.74 2001 Total Vines: 10,431 Total Acres: 15.98 Fawn Park Vineyard

Leonardini Vineyard

Millennium MM Vineyard

Whitehall Lane Winery and Winery Vineyard 1979

Bommarito Vineyard

Oak Glen Vineyard

1563 St. Helena Hwy / St. Helena, CA 94574 / Napa Valley (707) 963-9454 www.whitehalllane.com