La Gerla Brunello di Montalcino 2019 070226ROBUST toasty brioche

toasty brioche

and now beautifully mature—this is a window into Portugal's most storied fortified wine heritage

Master distiller Felipe Camarena's overproof blanco

Notes of ripe cantaloupe

grapefruit peel

La Gerla Brunello di Montalcino 2019 070226ROBUST toasty briocheIn 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