San Leonardo 2000
Country
Italy
bottle size
750 ml
Wine Type
Red Wine
Wine Region
Trentino-Alto Adige
Grape Variety
Cabernet Sauvignon
vintage
2000 [**VINTAGE MAY CHANGE]
Alcohol
13%
characteristics
Body
Full
Full
Full
Acidity
Medium
Medium
Medium
Tannin
Medium
Medium
Medium
2000 [**VINTAGE MAY CHANGE]
Product Description
Intense ruby red with garnet highlights. A wine of remarkable intensity on the nose, which layers bell peppers and wild berries over a background note of vanilla. The palate is full, warm and impressively rounded, with intense aromatics that linger on the palate. Enjoy drinks with red meats, poultry, roasts, braised or stewed meats, game and mature cheeses.
Profile
Grape Blended
60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Cabernet Franc and 10% Merlot.
Palate
Full, warm and impressively rounded, with intense aromatics that linger on the palate.
Colour
Intense ruby red with garnet highlights.
Aroma
Which layers bell peppers and wild berries over a background note of vanilla.
Palate
Full, warm and impressively rounded, with intense aromatics that linger on the palate.
Wine Pairing
:Beef
:Barbecue
:Cured Meat
Product details
Details :
San Leonardo is the magical heir to a tradition known the world over as Bordeaux blending. Dreams and heritage mingle to bring you a wine that conveys all its land-rooted character and genuine territory-focused appeal. A powerful yet elegant red, San Leonardo brings together the colours, aromas and savours of Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Merlot aged in small oak barrels, melding them harmoniously into a uniquely intense, full-bodied wine with superb depth of flavour.
The History of Vintage :
San Leonardo's winemaking history began in the early 1980s but the first true year of production was 1983. A wine of high, and well-justified, ambitions, San Leonardo is released only in vintages that ensure a product of appropriate quality. In other words, it is made only in growing years that offer all the elements necessary to create a wine of outstanding personality and character.
That is why San Leonardo has skipped vintages like 1984, 1989 (a superb vintage in Piedmont and Bordeax, but not in Trentino), 1992, 1998 and 2002. Average annual production of San Leonardo is currently running at 60,000 bottles. In a few years, we look forward to achieving our projected maximum output of 100,000. Production of our Merlot di San Leonardo is around 50,000 bottles.
It is not our place to express a judgement on these vintages, but in the course of many vertical tastings dedicated to Tenuta San Leonardo wines by specialist journalists from Italy and abroad (Il Consenso, Degustation Wine News Letter, Il Sommelier Italiano, Enogea and others), the most favourable comments have been made about the 1988, 1990, 1993 and 1995 wines.
We are convinced that prospects are excellent for the two most recent vintages, the currently released 1996 and the 1997, which is still maturing and we do not expect to release before 2001. These wines, we feel, will continue San Leonardo's consistency of style and evolve satisfactorily, maintaining the ageing potential of at least ten years that we demand from our flagship wine.
We recommend that purchasers enhance San Leonardo's potential as a "vin de garde" by storing the bottles, particularly the magnums with their greater longevity, in a dark, undisturbed cellar, at a constant temperature and an appropriate level of humidity.
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