GaryWEdwards

9.4

Beautiful juice that is just hitting it’s stride! — 2 months ago

Andrew Cullimore

9.1

Quite pale ruby . Very fresh and red fruited , red currant , cranberry , with fresh herbs , sage , thyme , quite enticing and aromatic. Very refined red fruit on the palate , elegant and fruit forward , with some wet slate . Quite light tannins , and fresh acidity . Good red cherry stained , herbal finish . Good for drinking now but will last well over the next 5 or so years. At Vinous Icons NY , Pier 60 , Feb 2025 — 9 months ago

Jeremy Shanker

Sommelier at RN74

9.0

Declassified brunello for the 14 vintage. Tasty wine, but they were smart to declassify this year as the quality difference is stark. — 3 years ago

Ed Chin

9.4

This sample was given to me. Tannins are resolved to the point of almost nonexistent. A fair amount of acid with what little fruit was dark and baked. Cherries leather and tobacco leaf. Darn yummy but I wish I had some food with it. — 2 months ago

Jack Krawczyk

9.9

freshly ripe plum with a cherry-bourbon light finish — a year ago

Jeremy Shanker

Sommelier at RN74

9.3

Tremendous Brunello. As good as Biondi Santi for a third of the price. — 2 years ago

Karen Lowenstein

9.7

Absolutely delicious, a full bodied yet light brunello. Another great wine shared from Jesse. Went perfectly with a dinner of roasted salmon. — 5 years ago

Inseon Hwang

9.0

Solid. Drinkable. Nice clarity. Good basic Bru. Mid tannins, clear and fresh. — 5 months ago

Shay A

9.4

My contribution for a guys night of rosé sparklers and Brunello. Alongside a few bottles of Biondi Santi, Il Poggione, Mastro Janni, and others.

Zero experience with this producer, and while I struggle to find my preferred “style” in Italy (Italian merlot?, old Barolo?, Brunello of all ages?), this brunello was lights out good and right up my alley. I slow-oxed this for almost an hour. Layers! Deep red. So floral and sweet-spice forward aromatically with faint oak. Dense and powerful core of roasted black cherry, tar, sweet tobacco, light balsamic and herbal pop with a juicy and massive finish…big structure (but the acidity keeps this hard to resist another sip). Obviously in a slightly bigger style thanks to the vintage, this is incredibly well put together and complex. I think I have one more, thankfully.

Day two showed an even more integrated wine that was firing on all cylinders. Decant 2-3hrs or hold a few more years for this window. 94-95+

Served with lobster ravioli, prime beef tenderloin carpaccio, lamb rack…about as good as it gets with rosé sparkling wines and Brunello! — a year ago

Jeff Miller

9.2

Elegant and delicious Brunello for my 43rd birthday. I’m a sucker for the Brunellos coming from North of town of Montalcino like La Gerla, Il Marroneto and Biondi Santi. This offering from La Gerla was shy at the start but opened up beautifully after 4 hours. Notes are from two nights. Morello cherry, wild strawberry, dusty earth, old cedar, dried potpourri, dried rose petal, spice, licorice, dried Tuscan herbs, tobacco and worn leather Medium plus body, medium plus tannin, medium plus acidity and medium plus length of finish.

— 5 years ago