Fattoria La Gerla
Brunello di Montalcino Sangiovese
Montalcino, Siena, Tuscany, Italy
Delicious and already ripened. Good vintage. Good house. What’s there to want more than that?
Delicious and already ripened. Good vintage. Good house. What’s there to want more than that?
Aug 12th, 2023
Drank 6/23/21. Excellent with Rigatoni Bolognese.
Cherry, earth, tar, leather, and a bit of shoe polish on the nose. Medium bodied, this has juicy red cherry flavors, with notes of earth and worn leather. Wonderfully balanced, this feels very light. Sour cherry and earth in the finish last for roughly a minute.
This is nice now and should last another 10 years plus.
3/22/9/5/4+ 50 =93 pts.
Drank 6/23/21. Excellent with Rigatoni Bolognese.
Cherry, earth, tar, leather, and a bit of shoe polish on the nose. Medium bodied, this has juicy red cherry flavors, with notes of earth and worn leather. Wonderfully balanced, this feels very light. Sour cherry and earth in the finish last for roughly a minute.
This is nice now and should last another 10 years plus.
3/22/9/5/4+ 50 =93 pts.
Gosh this is delicious. I have a random selection of 2010 Brunellos and having this wine reminds me of why that’s a very good thing. The only snag is that it’s just at the start of its drinking window. If only I had the patience to wait another decade. It’s medium bodied in structure, with plums and smoke and considerable structure considering its lack of heaviness. Delicious.
Gosh this is delicious. I have a random selection of 2010 Brunellos and having this wine reminds me of why that’s a very good thing. The only snag is that it’s just at the start of its drinking window. If only I had the patience to wait another decade. It’s medium bodied in structure, with plums and smoke and considerable structure considering its lack of heaviness. Delicious.
Apr 3rd, 2019
Had dinner with friends last night and Jeff brought this 2010 Brunello di Montalcino. A good vintage that showed well young. Dark currants, dark cherries, some plum, cherries, black raspberries, dark chocolate, rounded and not completely dry loamy soil, soft pleasant minerals with decayed red florals. Round acidity with a nicely polished finish. Could use some more time in bottle to further develop but still drank well last night.
Had dinner with friends last night and Jeff brought this 2010 Brunello di Montalcino. A good vintage that showed well young. Dark currants, dark cherries, some plum, cherries, black raspberries, dark chocolate, rounded and not completely dry loamy soil, soft pleasant minerals with decayed red florals. Round acidity with a nicely polished finish. Could use some more time in bottle to further develop but still drank well last night.
Feb 25th, 2018
needed 3 hours to start expressing itself ~ wonderful aromas and classic flavors of strawberry & raspberry, underbrush & Mediterranean herbs ~ def needs a few years but will reward the owner with a magical ‘moderate’ experience
needed 3 hours to start expressing itself ~ wonderful aromas and classic flavors of strawberry & raspberry, underbrush & Mediterranean herbs ~ def needs a few years but will reward the owner with a magical ‘moderate’ experience
Feb 19th, 2018
A great Sangiovese. Fruit forward, long finish, cheery, tobacco & strawberry on the nose
A great Sangiovese. Fruit forward, long finish, cheery, tobacco & strawberry on the nose
2 people found it helpfulJun 20th, 2014
Another misunderstood traditionalist? Fattoria La Gerla is another producer in Montalcino often lumped into the modernist category, probably because of the presence of new oak in just one of their many cuvées - the Burba. At least, that’s what I gather from my research and in tasting this too. Not a trace of new oak here, but this Brunello was a weird one. Started off very earthy and musky, and at one stage even took on an odd soya sauce character (odd because it led with the note and not as a nuance often found in Burgundies). Took a good four hours to finally reveal high-toned dark berry fruit, with shades of Balsamic vinegar and leather. The palate tracked the nose fairly well, with nice acidity, and a grip that went from firm to almost-plush at the end of the night. I didn’t mind it, but frankly, this bottle fell below expectations, especially when comparisons were drawn against the Stella of the same vintage. In a dumb phase perhaps?
Another misunderstood traditionalist? Fattoria La Gerla is another producer in Montalcino often lumped into the modernist category, probably because of the presence of new oak in just one of their many cuvées - the Burba. At least, that’s what I gather from my research and in tasting this too. Not a trace of new oak here, but this Brunello was a weird one. Started off very earthy and musky, and at one stage even took on an odd soya sauce character (odd because it led with the note and not as a nuance often found in Burgundies). Took a good four hours to finally reveal high-toned dark berry fruit, with shades of Balsamic vinegar and leather. The palate tracked the nose fairly well, with nice acidity, and a grip that went from firm to almost-plush at the end of the night. I didn’t mind it, but frankly, this bottle fell below expectations, especially when comparisons were drawn against the Stella of the same vintage. In a dumb phase perhaps?
1 person found it helpfulMar 1st, 2022Elegant for a brunello; medium bodied in structure with cherries, herbs, smoke, and a bit of cocoa on the finish. It almost drinks like a fuller Barbaresco rather than a brunello.
Elegant for a brunello; medium bodied in structure with cherries, herbs, smoke, and a bit of cocoa on the finish. It almost drinks like a fuller Barbaresco rather than a brunello.
1 person found it helpfulMay 17th, 2020Lovely now, will only improve.
Lovely now, will only improve.
1 person found it helpfulMar 23rd, 2016