Tenuta San Leonardo, San Leonardo, (Magnum) 2018 vs Vosne-Romanée Vieilles Vignes, Domaine Dugat-Py 2018
Compare current tracked prices, stockists and core specifications. Vosne-Romanée Vieilles Vignes, Domaine Dugat-Py 2018 currently starts £15.50 lower.
| Availability | In stock | In stock |
|---|---|---|
| Best current price | £199.40 | £183.90 |
| Current stockists | 1 merchant | 1 merchant |
| Producer | Tenuta San Leonardo | Domaine Dugat-Py |
| Style | Red | Red |
| Grape | Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Carmenère | Pinot Noir |
| Size | 1500ml | 750ml |
| Where to buy |
Tenuta San Leonardo, San Leonardo, (Magnum) 2018
After banging the drum for the Guerrieri Gonzaga family’s remarkable (and remarkably consistent) Cabernet Sauvignon-based blend for the last fifteen years, we relish each new endorsement and instance of critical appreciation and Jancis’ is the just the latest in a long line of articles from major critics. As a reminder... The wines of San Leonardo are more akin to Bordeaux than Bolgheri with their balance and purity and (said the late and greatly respected Italian specialist Nicolas Belfrage) " can have an elegance-cum-depth capable of taking on the best clarets of the world ". Jancis clearly agrees, noting latterly the wine’s “ astoundingly consistent quality ” and how each vintage is “ beautifully low-key and like the most refined red bordeaux imaginable ”, determining it is " Surely the most successful Bordeaux blend of Northern Italy ”. The Wine Advocate’s Monica Larner calls it “ … one of the great wines of Italy… Sassicaia and San Leonardo seem like brothers separated in childhood ” after James Suckling had previously made the comparison referring to San Leonardo as “ The Sassicaia of the North ”. The comparison is more than skin deep as San Leonardo’s owner Marchese Carlo Guerrieri Gonzaga, a rare example (at the time) of a professionally-trained aristocrat-oenologist, spent time at Tenuta San Guido back in the 1960s helping create Sassicaia with legendary consultant, Giacomo Tachis, whom he subsequently employed at his own estate. The estate has received the top ‘Tre Bicchiere’ rating from Gambero Rosso for an unprecedented seventeen vintages, and has twice been voted by aggregate Italy’s top wine release of the year (jointly with Sassicaia, to continue the comparison). Antonio Galloni weighs in saying “ The Guerrieri Gonzaga’s are one of the great families of Italian wine. Over the years, the Guerrieri Gonzaga’s have produced a number of stellar Bordeaux-influenced reds at San Leonardo, many of which I have had the privilege to taste. ” Meanwhile his collea
Vosne-Romanée Vieilles Vignes, Domaine Dugat-Py 2018
Dugat-Py’s 2018 Vosne-Romanée Vieilles Vignes is a wine that struts rather than strolls – generous, layered and heady with spiced dark fruit, rose petals, and a touch of incense. The old vines bring serious concentration, while the 2018 vintage adds warmth and opulence. The palate is plush yet controlled, the tannins fine-grained, and there’s that tell-tale Vosne exoticism humming in the background – think silk and spice in equal measure. Dugat-Py are modern legends in Gevrey-Chambertin, producing some of the most powerful, age-worthy wines in Burgundy. A small family estate with a fierce reputation, they work with very old vines and farm organically.
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