1994 Leonetti Cellar Cabernet Sauvignon Columbia Valley

Community Tasting Notes (33) Avg Score: 92.3 points

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  3/31/2024 - Condrieu82 Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Open for Easter lunch to accompany ful medames and roasted lamb. Cork was perfect and came out nearly with Durand. Beautiful light ruby color that’s slightly cloudy. In the nose, still lots of cherries, with some mushrooms and forest floor notes. Bright medium acidity, beautiful cherries, some leather, cocoa beans and medium - tannins in the palate; long ending with some oak and spice.
  I opened the wine and let it breather for about 90 minutes - some air did it wonder. An extremely good wine that shows its age graciously, without forgoing much of the beautiful fruits it must have expressed even more in its youth; however, what it gave up in fruit it gained in secondary and tertiary notes, making this a complex, complete, and very enjoyable wine. No rush to drink really - but this is in an incredible spot now.

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  4/15/2023 - GrapeScott wrote: 89 Points

  1994 blind (Mike and Anne's house): Wine #3, served double blind. I thought this showed a lot of similarity to the Dalla Valle, but others disagreed. Perhaps it's because I was biased by knowing their identities, but I do think this showed similarities on the nose, which showed a bit of "surmaturité" and some coffee and cigar box notes. Where they differed is that this wine had a lot more balance and structure, and was still quite unevolved while the Dalla Valle was clearly on the downslope. Dark ruby in color, burly in structure with lots of cassis and blackberry fruit and firm tannins. I feel it's a bit overextracted and more "modern" in style than other vintages of Leonetti from the late '80s ('88 and '89) that I've really enjoyed, but this probably also has a long life ahead, and I suspect it will peak in 5-10 years.

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  1/15/2022 - Ianttuck Likes this wine: 91 Points

  This is certainly in the last stage of its life but still a great expression of the varietal and terrior.

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  8/2/2021 - Vascular46 Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Deep ruby color. Lost tannins. Fruit still present but somewhat subdued. Past peak but still very enjoyable

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  2/9/2019 - Burgundy Al wrote: 92 Points

  Another Saturday at Chevalier...Mostly Blind Cabernet (Chevalier Fine Wines - Chicago IL): Tasted double blind in Cabernet from around the world tasting. Pretty black fruit, aging gracefully, with savory spice. Good weight, good+ length, and very good balance of fruit, earth and structure. Very tasty now.

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