2017 Leonetti Merlot

We have been having FaceTime dinners with our friends. We get together on Thursday evenings and split the dinner making. Last night, our friends made grilled butterfly leg of lamb, green beans almondine and gruyere potatoes au gratin. It was delicious and we enjoyed their "company".
Not only that, we shared half of their bottle of 2017 Leonetti Merlot. It was dark inky, purple in the glass and had just enough fruit, but very nice acidity that went perfectly with the grilled lamb.
We have been fans of Leonetti for a long time. I remember road trips we used to take just to longingly stare at bottles of Leonetti at the Wine Stores. I learned a few things when I visited their website, Leonetti Cellar. In 1977, Gary and Nancy Figgins established Walla Walla, Washington's first commercial winery. At the present time, their son, Chris and daughter Amy run the operations.