Leonetti Cellar Sangiovese 08

Leonetti Cellars is one of the most prestigious wineries in the Pacific Northwest. They make a small amount of Sangiovese each year.

Please call 541-752-7418 or email store@avalonwine.com to purchase wine. We have a small amount as of late March 2010.

Previous Vintage Tasting Notes

2006 Vintage Tasting Notes

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate 92 Points

The 2006 Sangiovese is dark ruby-colored with a fragrant nose of cigar box, damp earth and smoky black cherry. Supple, ripe, and intense on the palate, it has plenty of savory, spicy cherry fruit, some underlying structure, and exceptional length. It will evolve for several years and drink well through 2018.

Gary Figgins and son, Chris, keep tweaking things in the vineyards and cellar as they move toward totally biodynamic farming. As usual, their wines are benchmarks against which others must be measured.

Robert Parker Wine Advocate - 93 points for 2005 vintage.

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Previous vintage info:

From the winemaker: Our Sangiovese is our finest since we began producing this varietal in 1995. Since then we've really fallen in love with the variety and the wines it produces. Our Sangiovese is a very dark wine with an intensely fruit driven nose, and elements of strawberries, dust, roses, tar, charcoal, and wood. This is a serious Sangiovese with long-term aging potential.