Jay Kline

9.3

Popped and poured, enjoyed over the course of dinner. The 2019 “Stella Retica” (Sassella) pours a garnet color with a transparent core; medium viscosity with no staining of the tears. On the nose, the wine is developing with a beautiful perfume of Morello cherry, red flowers, alpine herbs, truffle and inorganic earth. On the palate, the wine is dry with high tannin and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is medium+. A beautiful, elegant wine that’s nipping at the heals of the 2017 vintage. Drink now through 2044. Thanks for the assist @Lyle Fass — 3 days ago

Marc Karetsky

9.5

Love this maker. Classic Nebbiolo. — 7 months ago

Thomas Ryan

9.2

Pork chops and Pinot, simple as that. — 3 years ago

Amanda Setters

10

Tried this because I couldn’t get my fav where I was at. Will buy it again. — 4 years ago

Ben Christen

9.5

So good. Corkage. — 4 years ago

Paco Suro

9.1

This was terrific. 16 years in. Softening. Still holding onto those leathery notes. Good stuff. — 6 years ago

Eric W Brown

9.0

Still has life. Good acidity. Good fruit.. — 8 years ago

Jeroen Koenen

9.2

Tiny hints of wet cardboard and some drying tannines in the back keep this wine from meriting an excellent score. — 14 days ago

Christopher

9.1

Excellent summer wine. Serve chilled. Very light and fruity. — 5 months ago

Frank Soldano

9.2

Drinking the 2018 in 2026. Dark thick long lasting legs. Nose has dark fruit and cherry notes, slightly sweet. Light flavor for a cab. Very smooth with a fruity finish. Nice wine. — 9 months ago

Lee Pitofsky

9.5

Along with the majestic 2010 one of my favorite Stella vintages. So giving right off the bat, never any heat, just so fresh and clean. Amazing expression of Sangiovese. — 3 years ago

Vanessa

10

Fruity, bubbly/fuzzy, sweet. Always have it in hand — 4 years ago

Chris Cline

9.2

Sweeter and Carbinated. It is actually much better than we expected. We would totally get again, just not try pairing it with Prime Rib. Lol. — 6 years ago

Tracy Hall

8.9

Classic Pinot — 8 years ago

Robert Torretti

9.3

I had a couple of these bottles pre-Covid - fall 2019? It was my introduction to Stella di Campalto. They were fantastic young and you could see where they were headed. I bought six of the 750s and a couple of 1.5L. This is the first one I’ve opened. This Rosso would hold its own against almost any Brunello from the 2015 vintage, which makes sense, since they just take a barrel of the Brunello and declassify it and release it as a Rosso one year early. Delicious cherry, light on its feet, and very pretty florals on the nose. Give it time it open or a quick decant, which I did not this time. Great with steak, but also contemplative on its own. — 3 months ago

Tobin Spratte

9.3

This is the first wine I've rated where I stood right on the soil where it grew. Classic blackberrry-raspberry and strawberry jam aromas of domestic Zin but significantly more character and earth as it breathes in the glass. — 6 months ago

Christian Fischer

9.2

Well that was a weird bottle. Smelled amazing and tasted very off, no TCA or anything like it, difficult to describe. It had a layer of very tart tannin-like overlaying flavor that was not good. Left it open for 24 hours and it was much improved. After 48 hours it was a nice bottle of CA cab. Clearly something off with this bottle and the 9.2 rating is a 9.1 from day 3 and some add for ‘not typical’. I had high hopes for this wine and don’t think I have had a fair sampling of it — 9 months ago

Andrew Cullimore

9.0

Pretty deep , almost opaque , thin rim . Quite wild , dried herbs , touch of rounded red fruits . More fruit on the palate , quite ripe red fruits , quite soft but fine , nice balanced acidity . Slightly warm. Quite good length though quite dry finish . Nice now , wouldn’t want to leave this too much longer however . — 4 years ago

Sarah Robards

10

All 3 loved it. Sweet, but not overly — 6 years ago

Raj Harb

9.4

06 & 08 side by side. 08 took a lot of air to come alive. Still quite stern. 06 more open. Sensed some va initially. It eventually straightened out and overtook the 08 — 7 years ago