97 pts Vinous
The sweetly scented 2018 Brunello di Montalcino Aria is an understated beauty featuring hints of rose petals wild strawberries potpourri and cinnamon sticks. Its lifted and ethereal with pillowy textures and a pure blend of wild berries that cascade beneath an air of violet pastille. Steely minerality emerges through the long yet fresh finish as vivid nuances of blackberry plum and licorice linger on. The 2018 Aria is spellbinding with an energy that is seldom seen these days in Montalcino. (EG)

96 pts Kerin OKeefe
All about sheer elegance and energy the fragrant 2018 Brunello Cielo from Stella di Campalto has an enticing nose of perfumed berry camphor wild rose and Mediterranean brush. Certified organic and made with biodynamic farming methods this is sheer elegance and energy with a focused savory palate that delivers juicy red cherry spiced cranberry blood orange and star anise before closing on a rosemary note. Tight taut and fine-grained tannins provide support while bright acidity keeps it vibrant. Its still youthfully austere and will benefit with more cellaring (KO)

95 pts Wine Advocate
This wine has not yet been released but it will hit foreign markets in March or April 2025 and the Italian market in September 2025. The Stella di Campalto 2018 Brunello di Montalcino Podere S. Giuseppe Aria is named after the Italian word for “air.” The reason for this choice could be linked to the elegantly open-knit texture of the wine that is amply interspaced with layers of dark fruit spice and crushed stone. That mineral signature is beautiful. Stella di Campalto says the name pays tribute to the manner in which each of her vineyard plots filters air in its own distinct manner resulting in a unique ripeness. This wine is bright and weightless with a subtle flurry of redcurrant and iris root. The wine does not have the same tannic structure that you get in the Bosco and for that reason it remains feather-light and yes airy. (ML)