Tenuta San Leonardo
Tenuta San Leonardo is an estate of historical significance and an Italian wine producer in the Lagarina Valley in Trentino. It produces San Leonardo, a Bordeaux-style red wine which was described by journalist Jancis Robinson as "surely the most successful Bordeaux blend of northern Italy". History The first historical reference to this fief-like estate dates from 589AD when the historian Paul the Deacon in the History of the Lombards records the location for the wedding between Theodelinda and the King of the Lombards Authari as “Campi Sarni/Sardis”, the ancient place name for the stretch of land where the estate is situated. The estate is mentioned in 927AD by the Bishop of Verona Nokterio who conceded the use of the vineyards, woods and meadows “in Sarnes” to the Bishop of Trento, Federico Wanga. In 1982, a fresco was discovered in the apse of the Church of San Leonardo (dedicated to Saint Leonard of Noblac) which is found within the main courtyard of the estate, dating from 1100 to 1200 making it one of the oldest Romanesque frescoes in Trentino. The fresco features a Christ in Majesty in Mandorla with some elements resembling closely the frescoes of San Zeno in Verona. The