The Tenuta San Leonardo has been described as a magical spot, and that aura is the fruit of a long progression of important events that have taken place within its walls, with the first being the wedding between the beautiful Principessa Teodolinda, daughter of the King of Bavaria, and Autari, King of the Lombards. That happened in 588 AD.
But to stay within the ambit of fully-documented events, the first testimony of the existence of this ...
It is not difficult to fall in love with this corner of earth. The winery lies in the southern portion of the Trentino region, just a few steps from the border with the Veneto, in what was once a fief of the Church, but today is a small hamlet synonymous with one of Italy’s most historic wine producers.
Here we are in the Vallagarina, and along a provincial road that flanks the left bank of the Adige river a modest church seems to nod to a ...
As often happens to operations with venerable histories behind them, the cellars have come to occupy various spaces in different levels within the old borgo. The barricaia, however, enjoys a space of significant dimensions for all of the barrels needed for the maturations, as well as a rather unusual entrance-way. The latter seems almost a small divertissement that reveals an aspect of the Guerrieri Gonzaga family character: in the modest spac...
The evolution of Tenuta San Leonardo wines over these last thirty years of history owes much to two outstanding figures, true stars of Italy’s wine world; both have made significant contributions to the success of a uniquely Trentino style that has gained the attention of the world.
In 1984, Marchese Guerrieri Gonzaga began to rely on the professional advice of Giacomo Tachis, a renowned Italian wine expert, at that time working as a consul...
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