San Leonardo
San Leonardo Vigneti delle Dolomiti IGT
- Origin
- Italy, Trentino
- Varietal
- Red
- Composition
- 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Carmenere, 10% Merlot
- Soil
- sandy to pebbly soil; loosely packed
- Fermentation
- 15-18 days in cement tanks
- Aging
- 24 months in french oak new and used barriques followed by 24 month in bottle
- First vintage
- 1982
- Production
- 65,000-95,000 bottles
Tasting Notes
Intense ruby-red color with garnet highlights.
A wine of remarkable intensity on the nose, with layers of bell peppers and wild berries over a background note of vanilla.
The palate is full, warm, and impressively rounded, with intense aromatics that linger.
