2017 Tenuta San Leonardo San Leonardo

I.G.T. Vigneti delle Dolomiti

Blend

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

Harvest report

After 2017 was a difficult year,even if it started early and in the best way. A remarkable January with lows even below ten degrees for at least a couple of days and a February with more than 100 mm of rain. This season also started slightly earlier, both the treatments and the checkering were carried out a week earlier than the previous two years. Summer with very little rain and high temperature range (June 8/35C°, July 10/36C °, August 10/35C°) heralded another great year. Then unfortunately on the 6th and 8th of August two hailstorms compromised part of the vineyards. A normal first half of September with little temperature range and little humidity, was followed by a strong change with lows often below ten degrees and maximums around 24/25 C° which favoured a perfect ripening of the grapes.