Winemaker Notes
The goal with Leonetti Reserve is simple—produce the finest wine our Walla Walla Valley vineyards are capable of producing regardless of varietal, creating a wine whose peers hail from the finest vineyards in the world. We can confidently say that the 2005 meets this billing. Having a beautiful saturated color, the wine’s nose is enchanting with a complex potpourri of rich, ripe sweet black fruits, plum, and spicebox with hints of beautiful herbs de Provence. The palate of the wine is structured with fine-grained smooth tannins and notes of mineral, creme cassis, and finishes very long with monumental purity.
This wine will drink wonderfully upon release, but has only begun to show its merits, ultimately revealed with some cellar time. Cabernet Sauvignon dominates the blend as usual, with merlot providing some aromatic lift and palate rounding, and petit verdot providing power, plum and black fruits, and agebility. Dry years really favor our Mill Creek Upland Vineyard, and in 2005 this vineyard performed so well that it makes up the entire blend.
This wine will undoubtedly become known as one of the finest Leonetti wines ever produced.
Vineyards in this Wine
100% Mill Creek Upland. 100% Estate grown Walla Walla Valley.
Aging Profile
Aged in new French oak barrels & large oval botti for 22 months
Blending Detail
Cabernet Sauvignon 63%
Petit Verdot 20%
Merlot 17%
Production
906 cases
360 magnums
(for future restaurant release only)
Price: $189.99
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