Country: Italy / San Leonardo
Variety: Red Blend Northeastern Italy
Winery: Tenuta San Leonardo / Vigneti delle Dolomiti
This was a hot vintage, but this beautifully elegant blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Merlot boasts enormous purity of fruit and deep layers of penetration and intensity. It is a more fruit-forward version of the wine, but it does offer drying minerals and bright fruit flavors with tight tannins to keep it balanced.