About Leonetti Cellar
Gary Figgins's 1977 Walla Walla founding estate — the winery that put Washington wine on the world map when Wine Spectator named Leonetti the top Cabe
Leonetti Cellar is the most historically significant and critically acclaimed wine estate in Walla Walla — the founding estate that legitimized Washington State's claim to producing Cabernet Sauvignon of international quality.
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Leonetti Cellar isLeonetti Cellar is the most historically significant and critically acclaimed wine estate in Walla Walla — the founding estate that legitimized Washington State's claim to producing Cabernet Sauvignon of international quality.
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Gary Figgins establishedGary Figgins established Leonetti in 1977, becoming one of the first licensed wineries in the modern Walla Walla Valley wine industry, and in 1986 achieved what no Washington winery had previously accomplished: Wine Spectator named Leonetti's Cabernet Sauvignon the top Cabernet in the United States.
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That single recognitionThat single recognition transformed both Leonetti's reputation and Washington wine's international standing.
"Gary Figgins's 1977 Walla Walla founding estate — the winery that put Washington wine on the world map when Wine Spectat"
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Featured Wines
Cabernet Sauvignon
Estate Cabernet Sauvignon
Walla Walla Valley / Blue Mountain Estate
The wine that put Washington State wine on the world map — Leonetti Estate Cabernet Sauvignon consistently earning 96–100 points from Wine Advocate and Wine Spectator since Wine Spectator named it the top US Cabernet in 1986, produced by Chris Figgins from biodynamic Blue Mountain and Milton Road Walla Walla Valley estate vineyards.
Estate
★★★★☆
Merlot
Merlot
Walla Walla Valley / Estate
Leonetti's most consistently food-first and approachable expression — estate Walla Walla Valley Merlot from biodynamic Blue Mountain and Milton Road vineyards, consistently earning 94–97 points as one of America's most critically acclaimed expressions of this Bordeaux variety from a high-desert Columbia Valley estate.
Estate
★★★★☆
Sangiovese
Sangiovese
Walla Walla Valley / Estate
Leonetti's most unexpected estate expression — Walla Walla Valley biodynamic Sangiovese showing what Chris Figgins' accumulated Walla Walla winemaking expertise and the Blue Mountain estate's high-desert terroir produces in this Tuscan variety when serious quality conviction guides every farming and winemaking decision.
Estate
★★★★☆
Cabernet Sauvignon
Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon
Walla Walla Valley / Blue Mountain Reserve
Leonetti's most ambitious and age-worthy expression — Reserve Cabernet from the finest Blue Mountain and Milton Road biodynamic estate lots, routinely scoring 98–100 points as one of the most critically perfect and allocation-coveted American Cabernet Sauvignon wines produced anywhere in the United States.
Estate
★★★★☆
Tasting Experiences
Book on Tock →Mailing List Only
Leonetti is not open to the public. Wines are available exclusively through a waitlist mailing list that may take years to access. For Walla Walla wine tasting, visit L'Ecole No 41, Pepper Bridge Winery, or Amavi Cellars — estates where Gary and Chris Figgins' influence extends through shared Walla Walla wine community relationships.
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