2006 Brunello di Montalcino, San Giuseppe, Stella di Campalto, Tuscany, Italy
- Red
- Dry
- Full Bodied
- Sangiovese
Ready - youthful
- Antonio Galloni
- 96+/100
Product: 20068027821
Description
Talk about a treat: I somehow managed to spirit a precious few bottles directly from Stella’s cantina! A formidable, indomitable, emphatic Brunello, the second she made, that oozes that great 2006 vintage.
Still twinkling bright and vivid, the nose a resolute, still young and closed but profound leather, dark cherry, savoury mix. The palate an entrancing weave of ginger, liquorice, a sense of great importance, so solid, implacable! Still a bambino, but decant if you must.
David Berry Green
Still twinkling bright and vivid, the nose a resolute, still young and closed but profound leather, dark cherry, savoury mix. The palate an entrancing weave of ginger, liquorice, a sense of great importance, so solid, implacable! Still a bambino, but decant if you must.
David Berry Green
Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2006
Maturity Ready - youthful
Grape List Sangiovese
Body Full Bodied
Producer San Giuseppe, Tuscany
Critics reviews
Antonio Galloni 96+/100
The 2006 Brunello di Montalcino is a wine that will make readers fall in love with Sangiovese. Mediterranean herbs, underbrush, tobacco, plums and dark cherries are just some of the nuances that emerge from this graceful Brunello. Deceptively medium in body at first, the wine puts on weight in the glass while remaining delicate and impeccably balanced. The inner perfume builds nicely towards the compelling finish, where the closing blast of fruit punctuates the energetic close. This is a mesmerizing wine that combines finesse and power. This is a breathtaking set of wines from Stella di Campalto, one of Montalcino’s most promising young growers. Campalto farms her vineyards following biodynamic principles. The wines are made in a similarly non-interventionalist manner. A visit to this small cellar is a must for anyone who wants to understand the potential of Sangiovese in Montalcino, especially in regards to finesse and elegance. antonio_galloni- Wine Advocate- May 2011
About this wine
Sangiovese
A black grape widely grown in Central Italy and the main component of Chianti and Vino Nobile di Montepulciano as well as being the sole permitted grape for the famed Brunello di Montalcino.
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San Giuseppe, Tuscany
Run by the talented Stella di Campalto, the 6 hectare San Giuseppe wine estate in Castelnuovo dell'Abate, is strewn with several soil types (volcanic, iron-rich, galestro, clay...). It was originally planted in 1992, became organic in 1996 and then biodynamic in 2002. Great attention is paid to harvesting the parcels of vines separately in order to capture the maximum fruit quality and soil expression, using gravity and a combination of large 38hl Austrian oak barrels and French oak barriques to vinify the juice as gently as possible. All her fruit qualifies as Brunello di Montalcino, yet in 2003 she chose to declassify everything to Rosso di Montalcino; her inaugural Brunello has been released in 2009 for the 2004 vintage.
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