San Leonardo – 1986–2013

Long-standing Purple Pagers may recall my enthusiasm for a very unusual estate in southern Trentino, expressed in this tasting article San Leonardo, Trentino's first growth devoted to a vertical tasting of vintages 1982 to 2006. 

The team that runs the estate – father, son and estate manager – came over to Trinity Square, a new wine-minded club near the Tower of London, at the end of last year in an attempt to introduce more British wine lovers to their superb wines. 

I will be writing more about them and their wines tomorrow but in the meantime here are the notes...