Description

Red Wine: 1988 | La Gerla | Riserva Brunello di Montalcino

Full bodied and firmly structured, the palate offers finesse and concentrated flavors including crushed raspberry, morello cherry, licorice and truffle framed in tightly knit, polished tannins.

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Producer: La Gerla

Vintage: 1988

Size: 750ml

ABV: 13.5%

Varietal: Sangiovese

Country/Region: Italy, Tuscany

Full bodied and firmly structured, the palate offers finesse and concentrated flavors including crushed raspberry, morello cherry, licorice and truffle framed in tightly knit, polished tannins.

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.