Leonetti Cellar Cabernet Sauvignon, Walla Walla Valley, USA 2021

Leonetti Cellar Cabernet Sauvignon 2021 is one of Washington’s benchmark Cabernets. Powerful, polished, and unmistakably Walla Walla. The blend is 81% Cabernet Sauvignon with Petit Verdot, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, and Malbec, offering layers of cassis, black cherry, blue fruit, graphite, violet, sage, and savory spice. Aged 22 months in French oak and neutral oval botti, it combines impressive richness with fine-grained tannins, freshness, and remarkable length.

"The classic 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon from this reference point estate checks in as 81% Cabernet Sauvignon, 7% Petit Verdot, 5% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc, and the balance Malbec raised 22 months in once-filled oak and neutral oval botti. Its vivid purple hue is followed by a perfumed, youthful bouquet of cassis and blue fruits that give way to more graphite, chalky minerality, violets, and spicy oak. It's deep, rich, and medium to full-bodied on the palate, with a gorgeous mid-palate, ripe, building, polished tannins, and fabulous length on the finish. This absolutely brilliant Cabernet Sauvignon needs to be forgotten for 2-4 years and will evolve gracefully over the following two decades. It's another sensational wine from the talents of Chris Figgins." Jeb Dunnuck 97+