2019 Leonetti Walla Walla Reserve
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The 2019 Red Wine Reserve opens dark and brooding yet quickly gains a menthol freshness as black currants and savory herbs give way to ashen stone. This soothes with its juicy acidity, as a wave of crisp red and black fruits easily wash across the palate. The 2019 holds its power in reserve, coming through in the finish with grippy tannins and a vivid whiplash of licorice and spice. This is a blend of 82% Cabernet Sauvignon and 18% Malbec. It's a real beauty, focused on fruit yet balanced for a long and steady evolution.
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Jeb Dunnuck
Eric Guido, Vinous
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The 2019 Red Wine Reserve captivates. It is dark and earthy in the glass with smoky grilled herbs, black currants, floral underbrush and hints of clove. However, it’s on the palate where it really shines, with creamy medium-weight textures accelerated by zesty red fruits and sweet spice. A web of grippy tannins lock down hard through the finale, leaving plum and inner tobacco nuances to linger on and on. The 2019 Reserve is a blend of 82% Cabernet Sauvignon with an energizing dollop of 18% Malbec. It's a total darling.
The 2019 Reserve is an interesting blend of 82% Cabernet Sauvignon and 18% Malbec that's sourced from the Loess, Holy Roller, Mill Creek Upland, and Serra Pedace vineyards. It's similarly inky hued and offers up a great nose of pure cassis and blueberry fruits intermixed with notes of graphite, tobacco, violets, and gravelly earth. It brings full-bodied richness and depth on the palate, with ultra-fine tannins and beautiful overall balance, as well as elegance. It's slightly more streamlined and elegant compared to the base Cabernet Sauvignon, which is more tannic and powerful, yet both are brilliant wines in the same ballpark qualitatively. This can be drunk today or cellared for 25+ years or more.