“Vette di San Leonardo” Sauvignon Bianco Vigneti delle Dolomiti IGT 2025

Tenuta San Leonardo | Trentino
Tenuta San Leonardo s.a.s. | Località San Leonardo 1 | IT 38063 Avio

01180125 · 0,75 l · 22,53 €/l · Price (DE) incl. VAT, excl. Shippingavailable immediately
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Tenuta San Leonardo is a name synonymous with red wine. For generations, the Guerrieri Gonzaga family in Avio, in southern Trentino, has been producing a Bordeaux blend that connoisseurs mention in the same breath as Italy's finest wines. Far fewer people are aware that the estate also produces white wine (and rosé) – and does so with the same precision. Vette di San Leonardo takes its name from the peaks that frame the vineyards. "Vette" – peaks, summits – is the image San Leonardo has chosen for this Sauvignon Blanc: high-altitude, crisp, unmistakable. The grapes come from Roveré della Luna, a village on the border between Trentino and Alto Adige, which ranks among the finest Sauvignon Blanc sites in northern Italy. With the Dolomites as a backdrop, cool nights and a long ripening process on the vine. Hand-harvested in September. Exclusively stainless steel, no oak. Five months sur lie on the fine lees – for texture and depth without any external ageing.

Pale straw yellow with silvery highlights. The nose is intense and characterised by alpine freshness: freshly mown grass, gooseberry, elderflower, sage, white peach, a hint of mint and the cool minerality of the mountain terroir. Elegant and precise on the palate – a lively, racy acidity gives the wine a sense of tension; the fruit profile is clear and clean; the finish is long and salty-mineral with a subtle herbal note. A white wine that knows its place and shows where it comes from. SUPERIORE.DE

"A super-intense wine with aromas of asparagus, melon, fennel and vibrant lemons. Light-bodied, crispy and very expressive, with integrated zesty acidity and a good, chewy finish." James Suckling