A thousand years ago, San Leonardo was a monastery. For the past three centuries, it has been the residence of the Marchesi Guerrieri Gonzaga, its proud and devoted custodians. The tenuta comprises 300 hectares, of which 30 are organically-cultivated vineyards, protected from the cold northern winds by the surrounding Trentino mountains, while benefitting from the temperate breezes from Lake Garda. Here, Cabernet Sauvignon, Carmenère and Merlot thrive. These are the varieties used in the production of San Leonardo, the estate’s symbolic wine, and Terre di San Leonardo, its second vin, noted for its great freshness and harmony. The refined Villa Gresti is made from a blend of Merlot and Camenère, while the oldest vines gift a remarkable Carmenère monovarietal.

The Sauvignon Blanc and Riesling vines are grown across 15 hectares of the most northerly part of the estate, between the Val di Cembra and the Avisane hills, at an altitude of 400 to 600 metres. These produce Vette di San Leonardo, a floral and superbly vertical wine, and Riesling di San Leonardo, an elegant and mineral-rich expression of this wonderful wine grape. San Leonardo is an ancient and timeless world where patient practices in the cellar, still today resolutely artisanal, gift the world with authentic jewels of Italian winemaking, wines that are notable for their vibrancy, harmony and innate elegance.