Red Still Wine | Italy | Alto Adige | 75cl
£79.95
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£479.70
£455.72 case
ABV: 13%
Size: 75cl
Closure Type: Cork
Country: Italy
Region: Alto Adige
Wine Style: Full Bodied
Grapes: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Carmenere
The iconic wine of the estate, with its roots deep in its centuries-old history. A classic Bordeaux blend of breed, aristocratic elegance, and extraordinary longevity. It is a blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Carmenère and 10% Merlot aged for 24 months in a mix of new and used French oak barrels.
ALEX HUNT MW "This wine is likely to have the broadest drinking window of any modern San Leonardo. Despite the deep purple colour, it is already open and generous on the nose, with vivid ripe morello cherry fruit. The gentle extraction has imbued the wine with a cashmere texture even at this young stage, while the palate is lifted by the leafy, currant-bud notes that are San Leonardo’s signature, reflecting as they do the influence of cool air flowing down from the Dolomites. Balance, charm, and great ageing potential – this San Leonardo has it all."
DECANTER 95 points by James Button (30 May 2023): ‘The newest release of this standout northern Italian red offers complex scents of tobacco, spices, earth and rich, wood-imbued black berries. In the mouth it combines intense concentration with freshness in a vertical sensation of poise and sapidity. Dark, plummy, spicy hedgerow berries are perfectly balanced by bright, moreish acidity and ripe, grainy tannins, with spicy cedar, dried currants and a touch of balsam in depth. Still has so much to give." Drinking Window: 2023 - 2040.
