Rosso di Montalcino, Stella di Campalto 2014

Stella di Campalto and her family purchased this estate, formerly known as Podere San Giuseppe, in 1992, as the property had been abandoned during World War II and never really resuscitated subsequently. She has worked painstakingly to bring back the vineyards, which she began farming organically in 1996 and was certified biodynamic in 2005. The winemaking here is also non-interventionist, with indigenous yeast fermentation in old oak vats, followed by twenty-one months elevage in older tonneaux before bottling and twenty-seven months of bottle aging in the cellars before release! The 2014 Rosso is a lovely wine on both the nose and palate, with the bouquet wafting from the glass in a complex blend of cherries, strawberries, oregano, a beautifully refined base of soil, woodsmoke, cinnamon and a topnote of dried roses. On the palate the wine is pure, full-bodied and marvelously transparent in personality, with a good core of red fruit, suave, fine-grained tannins and excellent focus and grip on the long, complex and utterly refined finish. This is a gorgeous and very Burgundian expression of Rosso di Montalcino! Drink between 2020-2035