La Gerla's 2014 Brunello di Montalcino opens to a delicately perfumed bouquet with layers of soft berry fruit and blue flower. You get wild rose, lavender and dried violet. Wait a second or two longer, and you might recognize spicy notes of smoked clove and crushed black pepper. This is a lean to mid-weight effort with fragile aromas and a long, silky mouthfeel. Production is 20,000 bottles strong.

Smoky, toasty vanilla notes overlay cherry and plum flavors in this rich red. A thread of iron emerges as this glides through the lingering finish. Shows fine balance and length. Drink now through 2030. 1,500 cases made, 700 cases imported.??–BS??Region: Italy / Brunello di Montalcino Select to Add