{"product_id":"tenuta-san-leonardo-san-leonardo-2016-half-bottle","title":"Tenuta San Leonardo, San Leonardo, 2016 - Half Bottle","description":"\u003cp\u003eAfter banging the drum for the Guerrieri Gonzaga family’s remarkable (and remarkably consistent) Cabernet Sauvignon-based blend for the last fifteen years, we relish each new endorsement and instance of critical appreciation and Jancis’ is the just the latest in a long line of articles from major critics. As a reminder...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe wines of San Leonardo are more akin to Bordeaux than Bolgheri with their balance and purity and (said the late and greatly respected Italian specialist Nicolas Belfrage) \"\u003cem\u003ecan have an elegance-cum-depth capable of taking on the best clarets of the world\u003c\/em\u003e\". Jancis clearly agrees, noting latterly the wine’s “\u003cem\u003eastoundingly consistent quality\u003c\/em\u003e” and how each vintage is “\u003cem\u003ebeautifully low-key and like the most refined red bordeaux imaginable\u003c\/em\u003e”, determining it is \"\u003cem\u003eSurely the most successful Bordeaux blend of Northern Italy\u003c\/em\u003e”.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Wine Advocate’s Monica Larner calls it “\u003cem\u003e… one of the great wines of Italy… Sassicaia and San Leonardo seem like brothers separated in childhood\u003c\/em\u003e” after James Suckling had previously made the comparison referring to San Leonardo as “\u003cem\u003eThe Sassicaia of the North\u003c\/em\u003e”. The comparison is more than skin deep as San Leonardo’s owner Marchese Carlo Guerrieri Gonzaga, a rare example (at the time) of a professionally-trained aristocrat-oenologist, spent time at Tenuta San Guido back in the 1960s helping create Sassicaia with legendary consultant, Giacomo Tachis, whom he subsequently employed at his own estate. The estate has received the top ‘Tre Bicchiere’ rating from Gambero Rosso for an unprecedented seventeen vintages, and has twice been voted by aggregate Italy’s top wine release of the year (jointly with Sassicaia, to continue the comparison).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAntonio Galloni weighs in saying “\u003cem\u003eThe Guerrieri Gonzaga’s are one of the great families of Italian wine. Over the years, the Guerrieri Gonzaga’s have produced a number of stellar Bordeaux-influenced reds at San Leonardo, many of which I have had the privilege to taste.\u003c\/em\u003e” Meanwhile his colleague at Vinous, Eric Guido, after a 28-vintage vertical, says “\u003cem\u003eIf you enjoy classic Bordeaux, if you enjoy the energy and verve of Italian wine, and if you crave experiencing history in a bottle, then you should seek out Tenuta San Leonardo\u003c\/em\u003e”. He also concludes “\u003cem\u003eI frankly don’t remember the last time I found so much pleasure in tasting for hours on end\u003c\/em\u003e”.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tenuta San Leonardo","offers":[{"title":"DUTY PAID \/ 1 X37.5CL","offer_id":53616345907507,"sku":"SLEO-SANL-16-6-37.5-DUTY PAID","price":36.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"DUTY PAID \/ 6X37.5CL","offer_id":53616345940275,"sku":"SLEO-SANL-16-6-37.5-DUTY PAID","price":219.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"IN BOND \/ 6X37.5CL","offer_id":53616346005811,"sku":"SLEO-SANL-16-6-37.5-IN BOND","price":171.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0767\/7463\/7875\/files\/san-leonardo-nv-375.jpg?v=1694789267","url":"https:\/\/www.honestgrapes.co.uk\/products\/tenuta-san-leonardo-san-leonardo-2016-half-bottle","provider":"Honest Grapes","version":"1.0","type":"link"}