Leonetti Cellar Merlot 2018

Concentrated, luscious, smooth

Merlot

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TASTE PROFILE

NOTES: Plum Plum Cedar, Cinnamon Rose Chocolate

BODY: Full

DRYNESS: Very Dry

ACIDITY: Medium

TANNIN: Medium +

ALCOHOL (%): 14.4

WINEMAKING

ORIGIN: Washington (Walla Walla Valley & More), United States of America

MAKER: Leonetti Cellar

GRAPE VARIETALS:

Merlot

FERMENTATION: Heavy Wood

AWARDS: >90

SERVING RECOMMENDATIONS

DECANTING: 2 hours

ASIAN FOOD PAIRING: Beef and soy sauce stir fry, Tekka Maki, black lentil dal

WESTERN FOOD PAIRING: Sunday roast beef, pork tenderloin, blue cheese

Description

Leonetti Cellar Merlot 2018

Leonetti Cellar Merlot is all a Merlot strives to be: concentrated, luscious and smooth. Extremely dark and impressively structured. Aromas of roses, ripe mixed plums, hints of cedar ad creamy cinnamon burst from the nose. The broad and rich palate entices seductively with its incredibly focused fruit and silky tannins.

100% Merlot. An incredible vintage that needs no support from other Bordeaux varieties. Two-thirds of the fruit comes from Leonetti's exceptional Loess Vineyard and the balance is a contribution from Mill Creek Upland and Leonetti's 40-year-old original block at the Leonetti winery.

Merlot is often thought of as Cabernet’s little sister, but Leonetti Cellar strongly believes that in the Walla Walla Valley it produces wines capable of standing on their own merits and time has proven this. The Merlot for this wine is grown on Leonetti's cooler sites with slightly heavier soils.

The wine ages for 15 months in new and once-filled French oak barrels and neutral oval botti.

Ageing potential: Made to age for 15–25 years with proper cellaring (stored horizontally at 55–57 degrees). Drink now through 2038.