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2008 Leonetti Cellar Reserve Walla Walla Valley
Red Bordeaux Blend
- USA
- Washington
- Columbia Valley
- Walla Walla Valley
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Community Tasting Notes 37
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SnobNouveau Likes this wine: 94 points
December 20, 2023 - Gorgeous. Don’t hold much longer. 90 minute decant minimum
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tedcholl Likes this wine: 94 points
January 29, 2023 - New Producer to me and I've liked Cab Sauv wines from Walla Walla. Leonetti is one of Walla Walla's pioneering wine producers, established in 1977. If I had drank this blind I would have guessed a Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon from a cult Producer. What stood out to me was the intensity, depth, and length of the rich flavors of blackberry, cassis, black cherry, sweet plum, and graphite. At 15 yrs this wine still drinking a little on the young side with 10-15 years ahead of it.
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jviz wrote: 94 points
July 11, 2022 - Wow. This was insanely good. Compact and cool fruited. Deep, rich without confection. Long finish. Mostly resolced but not a to. Of tertiary development as yet.. You could have convinced me it was a Pichon Lalande from the same year.
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danielbleier Likes this wine: 97 points
May 21, 2022 - consistent with notes of 1/1/2019
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gesusser Likes this wine: 94 points
March 6, 2022 - Drank at home with griiled BBQ prime baby back ribs.
Long decant helped us enjoy this most excellent bottle.
Been 3 years since last bottle and I believe this has years to go
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By Eric Guido
Making History: 21 Vintages of Leonetti’s Red Wine Reserve (Oct 2023), 10/1/2023 (link)(Leonetti Cellar Red Wine Reserve Washington Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Stephen Tanzer
November/December 2011, IWC Issue #159 (link)(Leonetti Cellars Reserve Red Wine Walla Walla Valley) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Sean Sullivan
9/21/2011 (link) ***** points(Leonetti Cellar Reserve Red Wine Walla Walla Valley) Aromatically brooding with cassis, black cherry, coffee grounds, red fruit, licorice, and very high toned herbal notes. Locked up extremely tightly at present, this wine only reveals itself after several days of being open. On the palate, loaded full of fresh red and black fruit flavors and a tart, cranberry-filled finish. Tannins are extremely polished and the fruit flavors are supple. A multiple swallow wine that is simultaneously rich and sophisticated. Will age gracefully indefinitely. Give at least 3 years but patience will be rewarded with extended cellaring. 69% Cabernet Sauvignon, 11% Petit Verdot, 11% Merlot, and 9% Cabernet Franc. Mill Creek Upland, Loess, Seven Hills, and Leonetti Old Block. Aged 23 months in new and neutral French oak. 14.7% alcohol. 1,131 cases produced. Sample provided by winery.
Wine Definition
- Vintage 2008
- Type Red
- Producer Leonetti Cellar
- Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
- Designation Reserve
- Vineyard n/a
- Country USA
- Region Washington
- SubRegion Columbia Valley
- Appellation Walla Walla Valley
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 1,176 (63%)
- Consumed 683 (37%)
Food Pairing
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- ProducerLeonetti Cellar
- VarietyRed Bordeaux Blend
- DesignationReserve
- CountryUSA
- RegionWashington
- SubRegionColumbia Valley
- AppellationWalla Walla Valley
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