Krug also makes Chardonnay, some Sangiovese, and Sauvignon Blanc. Krug s Napa Valley Winemaker is Jac Cole, who has extensive experience in Napa winemaking at Stags Leap Winery, Stag s Leap Wine Cellars and S. Anderson. The 60,000 to 65,000-case Napa Valley line is now produced completely separately from the volume line. Except for large storage tanks, the 700,000-case volume CK Mondavi line is largely invisible here in the winery. The wine itself is sourced partly from the family s 1600 acres in Dunnigan Hills in the northwest Sacramento Valley, the rest from growers in Lodi and elsewhere.
Part is custom crushed elsewhere.
Though the company has made major changes in its winemaking, its most visible changes are in the family s 800 acres of vineyards in Napa Valley including the home ranch around the winery buildings just north of St. Helena. It also owns prime vineyards in Oakville, Yountville and Carneros. It owns the prized Voltz and Slinsen Ranches just south of the Veterans Home against the Mayacamas Mountains. Its Willow Lake Vineyard in Carneros is in the area s hilly northeastern region, slightly warmer than most of the appellation with shallower soils ideal for premium vines. The company was fortunate in not having to rush into replanting like so many other Napa wineries hit by the Phylloxera root louse.