La Gerla Brunello di Montalcino 2016
96 pts 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. Drinkable now, but better after 2022.
95 pts Jeb Dunnuck:
The 2016 Brunello di Montalcino is highly aromatic with black cherry, anise, dried herbs. Full-bodied and with vibrant acidity, the palate has crisp black fruit and red plum, and moves into more savory herbal tones of amaro and grippy tannin, with some austerity in its youth. Drink 2025-2040.
94+ pts 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. This wine offers a very Mediterranean personality with elegant mineral notes that come out in a second wave. The wine goes through a relatively quick fermentation with about 15 days of skin contact followed by 36 months in large Slavonian oak casks. With more time in the glass, it opens to blue flower, lilac, dried berry and crème de cassis.
94 pts Wine Enthusiast:
Underbrush, rose, leather and dark spice aromas lift out of the glass along with a whiff of camphor. The linear, elegantly structured palate doles out juicy Marasca cherry, orange zest, star anise and crushed mint alongside tightly wound but refined tannins and bright acidity. It's still young and nervous so give it time to fully develop. Best after 2026.
La Gerla 的誕生源於其創始人 Sergio Rossi 的熱情,Sergio Rossi 是一位成功的廣告商人,也是一家知名機構在歐洲三個頂級分支機構的主管,他愛上了這個既苦又甜的領域。 該莊園屬於 Biondi Santi 家族,該家族當時從那裡獲得了該地區最好的 Brunellos 之一。 塞爾吉奧·羅西 (Sergio Rossi) 於 1976 年買下了這片土地,並對其進行了徹底重組。 不久之後的 1978 年,La Gerla 的葡萄酒上市,成為 Brunello di Montalcino 的首批 35 家裝瓶商之一。 葡萄園主要分佈在蒙塔爾奇諾的北側(總面積6.5公頃),為La Gerla的Brunello風格做出了很大貢獻——花香、優雅和乾淨。
多年來,一直是 Sergio 的朋友和 Poggio Scalette 創始人的 Vittorio Fiore 從一開始就是酒莊的釀酒師。 現在莊園出產五種葡萄酒,全部由Sangiovese 釀造。
“2016 年的 Brunello di Montalcino 散發著黑櫻桃、茴香和乾香草的濃郁芳香。酒體飽滿,酸度充滿活力,口感清脆的黑色水果和紅李子,並進入更可口的阿瑪羅和緊實單寧的草本色調,是年輕的葡萄酒的縮影。” - Jeb Dunnuck 95 分。
“優雅、緊湊和流線型,La Gerla 2016 Brunello di Montalcino 打開了鹹味和微辣的花束。不僅僅是水果,你首先註意到的是焦油、煙熏、甘草和混合香草。這款酒具有非常地中海的個性優雅的礦物香氣在口腔中散發出來。葡萄酒經歷了相對快速的發酵,大約 15 天的葡萄皮接觸,然後在Slavonian大橡木桶中陳釀 36 個月。在玻璃杯中放置的時間越長,它就會開出藍色的花朵, 丁香花、幹漿果和黑醋栗奶油。” - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate 94 分。
“灌木叢、玫瑰、皮革和深色香料的香氣伴隨著樟腦的氣息從杯中散發出來。線性、結構優雅的口感散發出多汁的馬拉斯卡櫻桃、橙皮、八角和壓碎的薄荷,以及緊密而精緻的單寧和明亮的口感酸度。它還年輕且緊張,所以給它充分發育的時間。最好在 2026 年之後飲用。” - Wine Enthusiast 94分。