2012 Azienda Agricola San Giuseppe Rosso di Montalcino Stella di Campalto

Community Tasting Notes (25) Avg Score: 91.9 points

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  12/11/2022 - Bob H wrote:

  Unfortunately, my last bottle from a case bought on release. This is a fully mature Rosso that is quite delicious. Herbs and red fruit on the nose, good acidity and lighter-bodied on the palate, and a total joy to drink at this point. Hard to say how much longer the wine can maintain at this level - I had a bottle earlier this year that felt advanced, but this bottle is showing nicely.

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  9/9/2022 - Bob H wrote:

  I've been tracking this wine since I bought a case on release - while my experience has been very positive on the whole, I would put this wine in the "drink soon" category, as I see no further upside at this point. My previous bottle had developed a prune note on the nose that was troubling, and this bottle is much fresher. That said, at 10 years of age it no longer possesses the liveliness that earlier bottles displayed. Candied red fruits on the nose, decent acidity with a medicinal note on the palate, this is fully mature at this point.

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  8/15/2022 - Stanrocks Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Maybe on a closing window ?
  
  temperature does not help either and no aeration prior to drinking, altogether the wine has still a great acidity and a sweet sensation of velvety tannins on the palate, it lacks energy, balance and flowery character it had the other bottles ...
  
  Still a few in store :)

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  8/12/2022 - 5laton wrote:

  This was just my fourth experience with the wines of Stella di Campalto, the previous being the Brunello (2x) and Choltempo. I've loved the Brunello and found the Choltempo to be a lot of fun in a more rustic vein, so expectations were admittedly high here. I was therefore quite nonplussed to find this just sort of ripe and boring, with a watery midpalate that lacked any interesting texture. I looked for but did not find significant savory or herbal nuances. Perhaps it was not a correct bottle, but there were no obvious faults or issues with the closure.

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  4/20/2022 - Bob H wrote:

  I have had consistently positive experiences as I worked my way through this case, but today’s bottle is the first one that is so-so.
  
  There is a prune note on the nose that I haven’t gotten on any previous bottles - maybe a less than effective seal by the cork?
  
  Better on the palate, but not a great example of what this wine can be.

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