Ceccherini Cristiano

9.1

This is the most iconic barbera in Italy
The story of the label is very curious

Single site hill where a lady had a house.
She was nicknamed "Uccellone" meaning big bird due to her prominent nose that resembled a bird beak. Nontheless "Uccellone" in italian slang also mean "big c..k"...
The local priest was horrified by this label and accused Braida of pushing the boundaries too much. The answer was from him to produce another wine honouring the priest called Bricco della Bigotta(Bigot).

The wine is big, it goes in large oak for 18 months and needs decanting. Super smooth, super complex, this a wine for blue cheese or meditation.
It keeps giving you different shade every time you swirl it.
Personally i prefer other style of barbera, but it is a super interesting wine with a lot of history too. — a day ago

Jeremy Shanker

Sommelier at RN74

9.2

If you didn’t tell me what it was, I’d have guessed top Amarone. — 2 months ago

Suren Divanyan

9.0

Very good Chianti wine 🍷 — 5 months ago

Barb

9.5

Love this wine. Clean, crisp. No bitterness. Taste of pears, green apple. — 18 days ago

Jae Cho

9.0

Rustic prune and raisins, leathery soil tones, mint. High acid subtle VA. Stylistically polarizing, maybe too backward. — 2 months ago

Victor Charcan

9.2

Expressive nose with orange peel, coffee, fennel, lemmon, complex. Medium bodied with the bitterness and tannin harshness of Barolo. A baby. Clean, long, with a sense of place. Tannins are tough right now — 3 months ago

Nicole Lowman

9.4

Sometimes you know a wine is good when you want to drink it in slowly. Savor it I guess:) — a month ago

Anthony Riebsomer

8.9

Great regular drinker. Not too tanniny, very chill body and mouthfeel. — 2 months ago

Dan R

9.1

Fragrant, cherry floral earth and leather tones. Oaky on the palate, still pretty aggressive. Dense. Intense with serious palate impact. Kinda hard to rate…could use a few more years I figure — 3 months ago

Andrew

9.7

Delicious! The best Moscato d’Asti — 6 months ago