Leonetti Reserve 2006
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The best barrels from an entire vintage earn the right to become part of the Leonetti Reserve blend, which is simply our finest effort every year we produce it. This year all three of our estate vineyards had shining stars that contributed to the blend. For the first time, Malbec from Loess Vineyard makes an appearance. Thsi year's Reserve is once again just monumental. While still tight today (as you'd expect at this young age), the nose has a beautiful medley of plums and black fruits, blackberry puree, very ripe bloddy bing cherries, dried rose petals and a whiff of smoke and cedar. While being very big, dense and long in the finish, the palate impression is perfectly balanced and plush, with an incredible glycerin mouthfeel. I'm terrifically proud of this wine, and confident you will agree it stands comfortably amongst the finest Bordeaux-varietal red wines in the world.
Blend: 75% Cabernet Sauvignon, 12% Petit Verdot, 11% Malbec, 2% Merlot
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The flagship 2006 Reserve was raised in new French oak for 22 months. It is made up of 75% Cabernet Sauvignon, 12% Petit Verdot, 11% Malbec, and 2% Merlot. Opaque purple/black in color, it exhibits aromas of rose petal, dried fruits, spice box, incense, black currant, and blackberry. Suave, velvety, elegant and powerful, all it needs is another 6-8 years in the cellar to reveal its full potential.
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The 2006 Red Wine Reserve is a mature beauty, mixing earth and animal tones with dried red and black fruits, rose petals, tobacco and spice. This is silky and pliant. White pepper offsets spicy red and black fruits, all accelerated by sour citrus and saline minerals. This finishes long and edgy, yet still energetic, with dark chocolate, mint and fine-grained tannins lingering on. Pure beauty. The 2006 is one of the most balanced and giving wines of this 21-vintage vertical. It’s simply in a perfect place right now.
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Firm and a bit gritty in texture, this is dense with black cherry, currant and black olive flavors, then opens up and soars, lingering impressively and expressively on the solid finish. Cabernet Sauvignon, Petit Verdot, Malbec and Merlot.
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