La Gerla Brunello di Montalcino La Pieve 2021 CS20230713 A spontaneously fermented wild ale

A spontaneously fermented wild ale with elderflower from Christophe Grellier's certified-organic brewery in the French Alps

and Beaumont's 'Jackals River' bottling is the quiet rebuttal

Bright raspberry and Rainier cherry fruit sits over a subtle savory

An essential took in a well-stocked bar

with rich notes of honey

La Gerla Brunello di Montalcino La Pieve 2021 CS20230713 A spontaneously fermented wild aleCollectors chase La Gerla's Vigna gli Angeli. Insiders quietly buy La Pieve. It comes from a single vineyard planted in 1997 down in Castelnuovo dell'Abate, in Montalcino's warm southern sector a very different animal from the estate's cooler Canalicchio home base, and the source of its most brooding, powerful Brunello. The 2021 is dark and dense without ever turning clumsy: violet and eucalyptus lift floating over forest berry, new leather and dark