2005 Leonetti Cellar Reserve Walla Walla Valley

Community Tasting Notes (29) Avg Score: 93.3 points

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  10/27/2023 - SnobNouveau Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Nose is fragrant with the subtle scent of expensive perfume. Not fruity but the umami behind the fruit.
  
  The mouth is bright with notes of strawberries and vanilla then as the wine coats the back of your mouth the mid note takes over in a gradual crescendo that gives off leather and tobacco and velvet. Gradually lowers for the next 30 seconds and the continues to give off a distant vibration for 90 seconds. A remarkable finish

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  4/6/2023 - SnobNouveau Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Meandering elegant and luscious with a georgeous and big nose. Dark fruit and strength with smooth transitions. Lingers for 45 seconds plus. Really and elite presentation of what Washington wine can be at its peak. Drink now.

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  4/15/2022 - SnobNouveau Likes this wine: 94 Points

  This is in a league of its own. The nose is full of varied notes, and the flavor has a beautiful arch with a long finish. Don’t hold much longer, not sure it can improve from here.

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  2/9/2021 - Topper wrote: 96 Points

  For full disclosure, my son opened this wine while I was gone and left half the bottle for me to find when I returned 3 days later. Whatever happened over that time certainly did the wine no harm and may have improved it. It was soft, silky, supple and sublime. This experience suggests that if opened and drunk immediately, it might still benefit from another 3-4 years in the cellar

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  1/1/2021 - tomlee wrote: 97 Points

  Purple in color. 14.7% ABV. Spellbinding nose of dark fruits, scorched earth, Whitman Sampler box and violets. Exceptionally plush and concentrated. The classic iron fist in a velvet glove. Black currants, cassis liqueur, plums and anise on the palate. The finish is long and seamless with ultra fine tannins. Breathtaking wine that is aging brilliantly. This should cruise to 20 years of age and beyond.

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