La Gerla Brunello di Montalcino 2019 NO20230802 beeswax — and it's drinking

beeswax — and it's drinking beautifully now

rested in new American oak barrels for five years

nutty oak-forward barrels

the fruit is pressed minimally and fermented with only indigenous yeast in large-format barrels without sulfite additions

Made from 100% wild-harvested Dasylirion leiophyllum aged 18–22 years prior to harvest

La Gerla Brunello di Montalcino 2019 NO20230802 beeswax — and it's drinkingIn 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