Tenuta San Leonardo's guest appearances

Tenuta San Leonardo

DiWineTaste Podcast - Italiano

DiWineTaste Podcast - English

Italian Wine Podcast

Kevin Ecock's WinePod

The James Suckling Wine Podcast

Wine Soundtrack -  International

Anselmo Guerrieri Gonzaga

Elena Fucci

Antonelli San Marco

Silvio Carta

Laura Catena

Silvio Nardi

Ricci Curbastro

Elena Walch

Axel Heinz

Arnaldo Caprai

Gianni Tessari

Tenuta Iuzzolini

Montefalco Sagrantino Collepiano

Giovanni Manetti

Chef Tommaso Arrigoni

OwlTail

Anselmo Guerrieri Gonzaga, the owner of Italian winery Tenuta San Leonardo, sits down with James to talk about the history and current winemaking style of San Leonardo. "All our red wines are still only made in concrete vats," Anselmo says. "We do not use any stainless steel. There is no refrigeration, no heating, no [commercial] yeasts, we only use indigenous yeasts."He adds: "I am not against technology, it's just that in this area, the climate is so fine that it's easy to make red wines, and we can do them in a proper way to respect the terroir."

Anselmo Guerrieri Gonzaga, the owner of Italian winery Tenuta San Leonardo, sits down with James to talk about the history and current winemaking style of San Leonardo. "All our red wines are still only made in concrete vats," Anselmo says. "We do not use any stainless steel. There is no refrigeration, no heating, no [commercial] yeasts, we only use indigenous yeasts."He adds: "I am not against technology, it's just that in this area, the climate is so fine that it's easy to make red wines, and we can do them in a proper way to respect the terroir."

DISCUSSING NEW RELEASES FROM TENUTA SAN LEONARDO WITH ANSELMO GUERRIERI GONZAGA

Tenuta San Leonardo is in Trentino. The Alto Adige is to its north while Valpolicella is to the south. In this podcast Anselmo Guerrieri Gonzaga recounts his family history and how he works with his father Marquis Carlo to produce sensational wines.  The Guerrieri Gonzaga family has run the San Leonardo estate for the past 300 years. Across 25 hectares they grow an eclectic mix of classic French grape types such as Carmenere, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc. In addition they purchase some Sauvignon Blanc and Riesling both of which make exceptional wines. The classic nature of the red wines produced at the estate is due to the family's ability to blend with precision and its complete belief in a style that is soft, elegant and packed full of age worthy elements.  The signature label - San Leonardo - is a blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Carmenere and 10% Merlot. Spontaneous fermentation in small concrete vats, 24 months in French oak, will age well for 25 years plus.  There are a number of additional fascinating features associated with the estate. We chat about all of these and more in this podcast with Anselmo. For instance the Carmenere is all grown on high pergola's; the estate has a history back to 589; there is a chapel with 12th century frescoes on its walls; the extraordinary Villa Gresti estate house built in 1724 was where the armistice prelimineries were drawn up to end WW1 while the German Wermacht used it as a regional HQ in WW2.  The estate of San Leonardo converted to being fully organic in 2015.  This is a classic story of one of the world's finest wines.    The wines of San Leonardo are distributed in Ireland by Classic Drinks.    ----------------------------------------------------------------------- While all restaurants in Ireland are closed right now they WILL open again. We all hope that this is soon. We should remember that many of these, including the wonderful Monty's of Kathmandu, are family businesses. They are often small and brilliant and when they do reopen they will need our support more than ever. Keep Safe and Keep well.  Kevin Ecock's WinePod is brought to us with the assistance of the Santa Rita Wine Room at Monty's of Kathmandu - an excellent place to host your next event or celebration.  Contact Shiva at 01 -6704911 or HERE at the Santa Rita Wine Room web page.  

<a href="https://www.sanleonardo.it/en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tenuta San Leonardo</a> is in Trentino. The Alto Adige is to its north while Valpolicella is to the south. In this podcast Anselmo Guerrieri Gonzaga recounts his family history and how he works with his father Marquis Carlo to produce sensational wines. The Guerrieri Gonzaga family has run the San Leonardo estate for the past 300 years. Across 25 hectares they grow an eclectic mix of classic French grape types such as Carmenere, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc. In addition they purchase some Sauvignon Blanc and Riesling both of which make exceptional wines. The classic nature of the red wines produced at the estate is due to the family's ability to blend with precision and its complete belief in a style that is soft, elegant and packed full of age worthy elements. The signature label - <a href="https://www.sanleonardo.it/i-vini/san-leonardo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">San Leonardo</a> - is a blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Carmenere and 10% Merlot. Spontaneous fermentation in small concrete vats, 24 months in French oak, will age well for 25 years plus.  There are a number of additional fascinating features associated with the estate. We chat about all of these and more in this podcast with Anselmo. For instance the Carmenere is all grown on high pergola's; the estate has a history back to 589; there is a chapel with 12th century frescoes on its walls; the extraordinary Villa Gresti estate house built in 1724 was where the armistice prelimineries were drawn up to end WW1 while the German Wermacht used it as a regional HQ in WW2. The estate of San Leonardo converted to being fully organic in 2015.  This is a classic story of one of the world's finest wines.    The wines of San Leonardo are distributed in Ireland by <a href="https://www.classicdrinks.ie/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Classic Drinks</a>.   ----------------------------------------------------------------------- While all restaurants in Ireland are closed right now they WILL open again. We all hope that this is soon. We should remember that many of these, including the wonderful Monty's of Kathmandu, are family businesses. They are often small and brilliant and when they do reopen they will need our support more than ever. Keep Safe and Keep well.  Kevin Ecock's WinePod is brought to us with the assistance of the <a href="https://www.montys.ie/santa-rita-wine-room-montys/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Santa Rita Wine Room at Monty's of Kathmandu</a> - an excellent place to host your next event or celebration. Contact Shiva at 01 -6704911 or <a href="https://www.montys.ie/santa-rita-wine-room-montys/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HERE</a> at the Santa Rita Wine Room web page.

Tenuta San Leonardo Podcast with Anselmo Guerriera Gonzaga