{"product_id":"leonetti-cellar-merlot-walla-walla-valley-2001","title":"Leonetti Cellar, Merlot Walla Walla Valley, 2001","description":"This is a mature Walla Walla Merlot from 2001, a year Leonetti called about as close to a perfect vintage as the valley could hope for. Poor weather at bloom cut the crop short. Then came a warm, sunny summer without the usual triple-digit heat spikes, and harvest started about a week early. That small crop gave dense, concentrated fruit. Leonetti sees Merlot as a grape that stands on its own in Walla Walla, not as Cabernet's understudy. The winery plants it in its cooler vineyards so the grapes keep their natural acidity while they ripen fully, and that freshness is what lets a wine like this age. 2001 was also the year Chris Figgins became Leonetti's head winemaker. A decade later, when Gary Figgins retired, he took over the whole estate. Washington Merlot doesn't often get two decades in bottle to show what it can do, and this one has had them.","brand":"Private","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50673993941049,"sku":"NYC-[PVT]-PCSOCTOB1026-100626-19-4","price":89.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0125\/1518\/0601\/files\/IMG-4951.jpg?v=1791579688","url":"https:\/\/nyc.flatiron-wines.com\/products\/leonetti-cellar-merlot-walla-walla-valley-2001","provider":"Flatiron Wines \u0026 Spirits NYC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}