2020 Brunello di Montalcino
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Pouring a deep and youthful red color, the 2020 Brunello Di Montalcino is boisterous and fruity on the nose, with notes of grenadine, candied violets, pine, and hints of blue fruits shining through. Medium to full-bodied, it has good focus through the palate, with mouthwatering freshness in its notes of salty earth, also revealing ripe, angular tannins and good length. A very appealing Brunello with wonderful, refreshing structure, it may be even better than I'm giving credit it for from this early tasting. It's going to drink well over the coming 12-15 years.
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Walter Speller, jancisrobinson.com
Jeb Dunnuck
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In the bottle with the white label, the La Gerla 2020 Brunello di Montalcino is a softly textured expression with dark berry fruit, dried cherry and toasted spice. All the typical Brunello elements are there, yet this vintages manages a softer approach with balance and silky tannins. As the wine opens in the glass, there is a moment of blue flower or iris. This vintage offers pleasure and accessibility.
Just mid ruby with orange tinges. Firm savoury cherry fruit with a hint of pine on the nose. Soft strawberry fruit with, and very much a contrast to, the more vigorous nose, but the supple acidity leads to a lively red-fruit finish with a dose of crunchy tannins. (WS)
The 2020 Brunello di Montalcino is hauntingly dark, combining tobacco and wilted violets with brown spice and black cherries to form its richly inviting bouquet. It's soothingly round and racy in style with vibrant acidity and ripe wild berry fruits that slowly saturate toward the close. Hints of sour citrus enliven the senses even as fine tannins settle in, while the 2020 finishes long and spicy but only lightly structured.