1999 Fattoria La Gerla Brunello di Montalcino
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The 1999 Brunello di Montalcino is a good example of the house style with its red currant fruit, notes of caramel, leather, and game, and long, firm, well textured flavors with a rising level of intensity on the finish. Drink: 2005-2015. La Gerla has three important things going for it – owner Luigi Rossi, who arrived in Montalcino over thirty years ago, Vittorio Fiore, for three decades a major force in Tuscany as a winemaking consultant, and cellar master (cellar mistress?) Marisa Raffelli. The wines are a middle of the road style for Montalcino, well concentrated but with the roundness that the vineyards of the hamlet of Canalicchio seem to give to Sangiovese. Importer: Country Vintner, Oilville, VA; tel. (800) 365-9463
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Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
Daniel Thomases, Wine Advocate
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Full red-ruby. Plum, currant, smoke and tobacco on the nose, lifted by a floral nuance. Then penetrating, sappy and highly concentrated, with ripe flavors that are not at all overly sweet. A suave, serious Brunello that boasts energy and density without any excess weight. Finishes impressively long, with lush, noble tannins and a suggestion of woodsmoke. Like a hypothetical blend of Pauillac and Graves.