2016 | Fattoria La Gerla| Brunello di Montalcino (Magnum)

Intense ruby verging on garnet. Soft, warm and velvety, harmonic, rich in fruits and persistent in the mouth. Intense, ethereal melting into scents of sweet violet and iris, with hints of spices such as tobacco, cinnamon and leather.

Reviews:

• Wine Advocate: Elegant, tight and streamlined, the La Gerla 2016 Brunello di Montalcino opens to a savory and slightly spicy bouquet. More than fruit, the first tones you get focus on tar, smoke, licorice and mixed herbs.

• James Suckling: Very pretty ripe and dried fruit with blackberries and sweet cherries. It’s full-bodied with depth of fruit and creamy, polished tannins. Extremely compact and long. Pure fruit at the end. A gorgeous wine.

Producer Information

Fattoria La Gerla is a wine producer based in Montalcino, in the central Italian region of Tuscany. The estate is exclusively planted to the Sangiovese grape variety, and makes a portfolio of Brunello di Montalcino, Rosso di Montalcino and Toscana IGT wines. Sergio Rossi purchased the estate from Biondi Santi in 1976 and to this day it is still owned and run by the Rossi family. The estate consists of four vineyards planted between 1976 and 1998: Gli Angeli, Canalicchio, La Gerla and La Pieve. Approximately half of the vineyards are located in Canalicchio, while the remaining vines are planted in nearby Castelnuovo dell'Abate. Grapes are harvested by hand and then are macerated for approximately two weeks before fermentation and aging. There are two cellars at Fattoria La Gerla, both of which are located on the Montalcino estate. The oldest of these is home to the estate's most prestigious La Gerla vintages, while the more modern cellars contain a combination of Slavonian and French oak barrels and barriques to age the Brunello and Rosso di Montalcino wines, and Birba, a Toscana Rosso IGT wine.

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