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2009 Leonetti Cellar Reserve
- Walla Walla Valley, USA
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- Avg Price (ex-tax)
- $ 212 / 750ml
- Red - Bold and Structured
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Since 2000, this wine is released as only 'Reserve' Walla Walla Valley. In older vintages, it was named 'Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon' and sometimes labeled as Washington State (1983 and 1985).
Critic tasting note: "Leonetti's 2009 Reserve—Cabernet Sauvignon andMerlot—is a simpler blend than in past vintages, and it seems to mark a return to the style of wine that built the winery's reputation initially. Powerfully, lavishly oaky, with a ripe, chewy black-fruit flavor, it is bursting with notes of black cherry, cassis, dark chocolate and a hint of butter. Though not quite as graceful or detailed as the regular Cabernet, this is the more potently expressive of the two flagship Leonetti reds." - 94/100, Wine Enthusiast
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Highlights
- From Walla Walla Valley, USA
- Avg. Price (ex-tax) $ 212 / 750ml
- Red Wine – Bold and Structured
- Bordeaux Blend Red
- Pairs well with Beef and Venison
Winery
Leonetti Cellar is one of Walla Walla Valley's pioneering wine producers. It was established in 1977 with plantings of Cabernet Sauvignon and Riesling, and now makes a range of wines from Cabernet, Merlot, Sangiovese and Aglian...
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- Region or Appellation
- Producer Notes
- As always, Leonetti Reserve reflects our efforts to produce a wine amongst the finest in the world. It is only produced in exceptional vintages and blended in varying varietal percentages through diligent selection of individual barrels to bottle the greatest wine possible.
- Drinking Window
- 2012 - 2034
- Alcohol ABV
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14.4 - 14.8%
- Sweetness
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Dry
- Blend
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92% Cabernet Sauvignon & 8% Merlot
- Maturation
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Oaked
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American, French
- Ownership
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Chris Figgins
- Total Production Volume
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1060 Cases
- Closure Type
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Cork
- Vineyard Notes
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Mill Creek Upland 87% and Leonetti Estate 13%. 100% Estate Grown in the Walla Walla Valley.
- Ageing
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Aged in new French and custom coopered American oak barrels for 22 months.
- Producer Tasting Notes
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Impenetrably dark magenta. A beautiful and precise nose of graham cracker, mixed high-tone florals, ripe fruit, and hints of honey. Palate is silky smooth, incredibly dense and plush, loaded with ripe fruit and butressed by fine grained tannin and a very long finish. Simply pleasurable to sit on the palate.
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Suggested Dishes to Pair With This Wine
- Lamb kreatopita Starter Course
- Meat in filo pastry
- Contains: lamb mince
- Greek
- Ribeye steak Main Course
- With red wine sauce
- Contains: entrecôte
- Western
- Ribeye steak Main Course
- With Béarnaise sauce
- Western
- Cheddar Cheese Course
- British
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For much of the wine world, the 2009 vintage was excellent.
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