Tenuta San Leonardo
Avio · Trento (TN)
Established
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The de Gresti family bought the estate in 1770; it passed to the Guerrieri Gonzaga family in 1894, and Carlo Guerrieri Gonzaga made its modern reputation
Yearly production
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Location
Avio
Trento (TN) · Trentino-Alto Adige
Vineyard area
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Vineyards in a walled estate at Borghetto all'Adige near Avio in the southern Trentino, on gravelly Adige-valley soils, planted to Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot and Carmenère.
Appellations
Vigneti delle Dolomiti IGT
History
Tenuta San Leonardo is the great Bordeaux-style estate of Trentino. On a walled property with monastic roots, Carlo Guerrieri Gonzaga, who trained with Giacomo Tachis, created the wine San Leonardo, a refined Cabernet-Merlot-Carmenère blend often called the Sassicaia of the north. Bottled as Vigneti delle Dolomiti IGT, it is one of Italy's most elegant and age-worthy reds.
Wines
Illustrative selectionSan Leonardo
Villa Gresti
Terre di San Leonardo
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Grapes of these appellations
- Moscato Giallo
- Moscato Rosa
- Lagrein
- Teroldego
- Riesling Italico
- Riesling Renano
- Traminer Aromatico
- Veltliner
- Marzemino
- Pinot Meunier
- Negrara
- Pavana
- Trebbiano Toscano
- Bianchetta Trevigiana
Who else makes these wines
- Vigneti delle Dolomiti IGT13 others
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