2018 Leonetti Cabernet Sauvignon Walla Walla Valley Reserve

A blend of 75% Cabernet Sauvignon and 12.5% each Malbec and Petit Verdot, the 2018 Walla Walla Reserve explodes from the glass with a luscious and generous expression, offering up notions of black raspberry, spiced plum and blackberry jus. Full-bodied, this heavyweight champ has a velvety denseness to the mid-palate, with a luscious essence of crème de cassis, resinous purple flowers and chocolate-covered blueberries. The wine continues to evolve with persistence for more than a minute on the long-lingering finish. It's a gorgeous and generous wine that spent 22 months in new and used French oak barrels. If you can get your hands on some of this juice, don't skip the chance.

Blueberries, blackberries, oyster shell, walnuts, vanilla and cocoa butter on the nose. It’s full-bodied with firm, fine tannins. Intense and concentrated, yet sleek and silky in texture. Spicy and seductive finish. Try from 2022.

The 2018 Reserve is another magical wine from the genius of Chris Figgins. Based on 75% Cabernet Sauvignon and the balance equal parts Malbec and Petit Verdot, it’s a monster of a wine offering dense, tight aromatics of ripe black fruits, classy oak, graphite, lead pencil, and tobacco. Full-bodied, beautifully balanced, and seamless on the palate, it has a touch more plushness than the straight Cabernet Sauvignon, with a great mid-palate, sweet tannins, and a great, great finish. It’s pure class. Hide bottles for 4-6 years, count yourself lucky, and enjoy over the following 20-25 years.