La Gerla Brunello di Montalcino 2019 CRUSEBUB and beautifully structured

and beautifully structured

Nose and palette: very floral

orange-pink hue "eye of the partridge"

then a year on its fine lees before finishing in stainless steel

La Gerla Brunello di Montalcino 2019 CRUSEBUB and beautifully structuredIn 1975 Sergio Rossi bought a farmhouse and six and a half hectares of vines from Tedina Biondi Santi daughter of the family that effectively invented Brunello and renamed the place La Gerla. He became one of the first thirty five producers ever to bottle Brunello di Montalcino, and the estate has been quietly excellent ever since. Its heart sits in Canalicchio, on Montalcino's cooler northeastern side, where Sangiovese ripens slowly and holds onto