2016 Tenuta San Leonardo Carmenere Sonoma Valley by removing the young shoots

by removing the young shoots from the stem and from the cordon

but the year's weather conditions allowed us to work at a less feverish pace and perform a more careful selection of the grapes and winemaking process and a more cautious choice of vinification strategies

The texture is striking

The winter season saw very little

Excellent with creamed or truffle risotto

2016 Tenuta San Leonardo Carmenere Sonoma Valley by removing the young shootsIGT Vigneti delle Dolomiti Blend Carmenre History The Carmenre from San Leonardo is surely the oldest grape variety cultivated on the estate. It was introduced thanks to Oddone de Grestis passion for international varieties, who planted it at the end of the 19th century. For years, it was mistaken for Cabernet Franc, until Marquis Carlo Guerrieri Gonzaga, in the late 1980s, planted new Cabernet Franc vines for comparison and realized he had this