San Leonardo 1995
Tasting Notes
- Genuary 2010 - Fine Wine - 17/20
- Deep color, still quite full. Like '99 a little oaky on the nose, but youthful. A complex palate with mineral (graphite, iodine), fruit (black currant, myrtil) and herb (rosemary) on retrogusto. Firm acid-tannin structure and very good lenght add up to a fine bottle, at one point considered for wine of the tastino, thought it seemed to fade somewhat on re-tasting. Still, it should have another 15 years in it.
Harvest Report
Weather during the 1995 growing year was normal, with very low precipitation totalling only 404 millimetres. The rainiest month was May with as much as 140 millimetres, half of this falling in the second ten days of the month. In contrast, the driest month was October, with only 1.7 millimetres of rain, which fell after harvesting was completed on 18 October. There was another positive note in that October enjoyed fully 150 hours of sunshine, one third more than the average for the previous twenty years.
Maturity Curve and Serving
Still maturing. Wait. Serve at a temperature of 16 °C.
