{"title":"Leonetti Cellar","description":"\u003cp\u003eLeonetti is where Walla Walla wine begins. When Gary Figgins bonded his winery in 1977 it was the first in the valley, and within a few years his Cabernet and Merlot had put Washington State on the map of serious American red wine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name honors Gary's maternal grandparents, Frank and Rose Leonetti, Italian immigrants who farmed just southwest of Walla Walla and made homemade wine from their own grapes. Gary planted his first acre of Cabernet Sauvignon on the old family farmstead in 1974 and made the early vintages in the basement of the family home. Gary and his wife Nancy's son Chris joined in 1996 and took over as head winemaker in 2001; their daughter Amy came back in 2007, and since Gary and Nancy retired in 2018 the two siblings have run the winery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe fruit now comes largely from the family's own vineyards around the valley, including the original Old Block beside the winery, the Loess hillside vineyard, the high Mill Creek Upland site and Holy Roller across the Oregon line, plus shares in the respected Seven Hills and SeVein vineyards. The range centers on Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and a Reserve red blend, with Sangiovese alongside. Expect ripe, dark-fruited, polished reds with the structure to age for decades.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"leonetti-cellar-reserve-cabernet-sauvignon-1998","title":"Leonetti Cellar, Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon, 1998","description":"This is Leonetti's flagship Reserve from 1998, a year the winery called one of the finest vintages in Washington wine history. It's a chance to taste a mature bottle from Washington Cabernet's early days, made by the people who helped start them. The Reserve is the house's top wine, blended only from the best barrels, and Leonetti says it makes one only in vintages it thinks are worthy. 1998 was one of those years. The winery describes it as a winemaker's dream in the Walla Walla Valley: very warm, with perfect conditions from bloom to harvest and naturally low yields that gave wines great intensity, colour and fruit. Gary and Nancy Figgins founded Leonetti in 1977 as Walla Walla's first bonded winery, naming it for Gary's grandparents. This vintage was made a few years before Chris Figgins became head winemaker in 2001. If you think serious Washington Cabernet is a recent thing, this bottle makes a good case that it isn't.","brand":"Acker Merrall \u0026 Condit [AC]","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50633650372665,"sku":"NYC-A-ACKDYNAM1026-100226-75-6","price":89.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0125\/1518\/0601\/files\/Leonetti-Cellar-Reserve-Cabernet-Sauvignon-1998-Flatiron-Wines-Spirits-New-York.jpg?v=1791018331"}],"url":"https:\/\/nyc.flatiron-wines.com\/collections\/leonetti-cellar.oembed","provider":"Flatiron Wines \u0026 Spirits NYC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}