2007 Tenuta San Leonardo San Leonardo

Blend

60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Carmenère, 10% Merlot

Harvest report

The 2007 operations began far earlier than usual. April was dry and warm with average temperatures in excess of 17 degrees, causing the vegetation phase to begin very early, with flowering starting as early as mid-May. The months of June and July saw very little rainfall (around 60 mm), allowing veraison to arrive without any notable health problems for the vines. In August, almost 200mm of rainfall was concentrated in just a few days and in two distinct periods – the beginning and the end of the month – which, however, did not impact too heavily on the ripening process. The perfect, healthy grapes enabled us to do something we had not done for a while: the differentiated harvesting of the Merlot and Cabernet. The harvesting lasted more than a month, and came to an end in early October, with no particular problems to report.