Carmenère

Coming from the oldest vineyards of Carmenère, this wine is the very quintessence of our growing area, thanks to its innate ability to evolve over the years.

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Carmenère

Grape varieties

Carmenère

Fermentation

Spontaneous fermentation and maceration for 12-15 days in small cement tanks with several daily and sporadic refillestage.

Maturation

Ageing of 24 months 70% in barriques and 30% in French oak barrels at medium-sized first, second and third pass, followed by the final assembly. The wine is finally bottled and stays for at least 24 months in our cellars.

Cellarability

30 years or more.

Sizes

Standard bottle 0,750 l., Magnum 1,5 l.

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2015
2010 Doctor Wine 91 Decanter 91 James Suckling 94
2007 Gambero rosso TRE BICCHIERI James Suckling 93
Gambero
Rosso 		Falstaff Doctor
Wine 		Jancis
Robinson 		Wine
Advocate 		Wine
Spectator 		Decanter James
Suckling 		Vinous
2015 94
2010 91 91 94
2007 TRE BICCHIERI 93
“ San Leonardo is one of the great wines of Italy ”
Monica Larner for the Robert Parker The Wine Advocate December 2014
“ È un mito della viticoltura tra le Dolomiti ”
Guida del Gambero Rosso 2012
“ find it difficult to think of any wine anywhere that has changed as little over the last 30 years as San Leonardo, surely the most successful Bordeaux blend of northern Italy ”
Jancis Robinson August 2012
“ I Marchesi Guerrieri Gonzaga producono uno dei più grandi rossi Italiani di taglio bordolese ”
Guida de l’Espresso 2012
“ The San Leonardo estate has been producing some of Italy’s finest Bordeaux style wines for generations ”
Nicolas Belfrage, World of Fine Wines 2009
“ Einen der spannendsten Weine des Landes, eine Cuvée nach bordelaiser Vorbild, aber mit viel aristokratischer Finesee und italienischer Eleganza ”
Richard Grosche, Weinwelt 2009
“ Spicca per l’innata eleganza ”
Spirito di Vino, maggio 2008
“ Un vin d’une grande finesse et élégance ”
Markus del Monego MW Master of Wine & World Champion Sommelier 2007
“ È un monumento a Bordeaux in terra Italiana ”
Guida Duemila Vini AIS Italiana 2006
“ This blockbuster Bordeaux Blend from Trentino is clearly the Sassicaia of the north ”
James Suckling, Wine Spectator, December 2001
“ Des vins aristocratiques e d’une grande civilità ”
Revue du vin de France, fevrier 2003
“ San Leonardo has grown steadily in stature to rank among the finest Bordeaux blends of Italy ”
Burton Anderson Best Italian Wines 2000
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