1999 Tenuta San Leonardo San Leonardo

Community Tasting Notes (27) Avg Score: 91.2 points

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  3/24/2024 - Guido L. wrote: 93 Points

  Very nice wine. Black and red cherry, blackberry, plums, tobacco, some spice. In top drinking spot ands will keep that level for some more years.

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  6/12/2023 - boillatm wrote: 91 Points

  From a magnum brought to a friend. Opened 1 hour before serving.
  Perhaps my expectations were too high based on the critical praise, but I felt a bit let down by this wine. This felt like a tired, unremarkable bordeaux blend. Other guests liked it more than I did, though.

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  10/14/2022 - ploher wrote:

  Restaurant purchase, no detailed note. Prime drinking here; more Bodeaux than most Bordeaux today, beautiful tobacco and leather along fresh fruit. Very elegant wine. Lovely. 17/20

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  5/1/2021 - Rob Hansult Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Nose > Minty cherry, smoky cassis, roasted tomato & black truffle, with some older (not really so much anymore) "neutral" oak. (the website claims a blend of new, 1 year & 2 year; I'm very dubious that there is not some % of oak quite a bit older than 2 yr barrels in the mix; the nose doesn't lie).
  Palate > Sappy, spicy & grippy. Red & choke cherry, dried flowers, rose, lavender.
  Good balance & acidity. Med intensity.
  Bordeaux blend; was told this also contained some Carmenere.
  (Ah, from their website: 60% Cab Sauvignon, 30% Carmenère, 10% Merlot)
  Another excellent red that I would have preferred younger.
  (92+)

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  2/3/2021 - Kerino wrote: 94 Points

  Sensational. Elegant and prime. Wonderful wine.

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