La Gerla Brunello di Montalcino 2019 070226ROBUST From all premier cru vineyards

From all premier cru vineyards - crisp green apples

Master distiller Felipe Camarena's overproof blanco

founded in the days of the Ancien Regime

and gatherings

and Vespolina farmed organically by the Colombera family and vinified by Cristiano Garella

La Gerla Brunello di Montalcino 2019 070226ROBUST From all premier cru vineyardsIn 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