Ceccherini Cristiano

9.0

Quite high vineyard of pinot bianco to show that this variety can do well in Calabria too.
Well done Dino!!
A rich wine, i believe it has very little maceration if any or perhaps a bit of lees contact rather.
It's fleshy, queffable and quite long.
By the way it's been the third time I visited the cellar in High Country of Calabria and i just love that part of the world where people try to tame the nature, but they just can't make it. — 2 years ago

Ceccherini Cristiano

8.9

This wine i brought it as a back up plan at the Mt.Pollino district tasting, but i didn't need to pour it.
I opened it afterwards at home and perhaps it showed a little less well than the three i had selected primarily for the evening.
Its a big wine, Magliocco grape 100%, which is the most grown vine on the Mt.Pollino district especially on the Calabrian side.
First you feel the oak, the wine rested 2 years in a big barrel. Eventually there is more and the oak component fades away too. Big dark plumpy fruit, quite earthy, chocolate, touch of licorice and balsamic and reasonably long too.
The initial oak puts me off a bit, but this is a traditional wine here that has always been a bit like this. I find that this would sell quite well on a Oz old style table competing with the so beloved( to the them) oaky reds where you can hardly feel the fruit, but at least here the scenario develops and it does unfold other parts to enjoy.
That's obviously just my personal opinion.
Still i feel this is a wine that can still travel in time thanks to his balance and freshness. I wanna review it again in a few years or perhaps i might look for older vintages. — 2 years ago

Joe Hakim

9.6

Excellent! Quite refreshing & funky. — 5 years ago

Ceccherini Cristiano

9.2

Only produced in magnums
Absolutely delicious
A bit fizzy that stays and enhances the mineral aspect
There are red fruits and spices plus a bonus decoration of herbs
Super smooth even though quite vertical
Very long — 2 years ago

Ceccherini Cristiano

9.3

Very good
Very Beaujolais like
I am starting to get a grip on the Magliocco grape — 2 years ago

Ben Russell

10

Full bodied but refreshing, luxardo cherries — 4 years ago

Angela Winnike

9.0

This Calabrian white is delicious! Incredible juicy citrus, pineapple, a little skin contact funk, easy to drink. Quickly becoming my go-to white! — 5 years ago

Ceccherini Cristiano

9.2

For the first year this label is 100% Mantonico
Indeed i am truly loving this local variety
It grows often quite high uphill, even 5-600 metres over sea level
It results a bit aromatic, quite fullish to be a wine that is kind of considered a entry level wine
I guess it stays on the lees for a bit
However the result is delicious, quite mineral, very easy drinking and persistent
I am very curious to see how this could age for a couple of years
Btw i paid it 7.50 euros🤫🤫🤫 — 2 years ago

Ceccherini Cristiano

9.2

Ceci n'est pas un Magliocco....but a Magliocco Canino
The label precise that the grape variety isn't exactly the most common in the area, but the quite unusual Canino(but still local)version and i must admit that it is a bit of different especially in elegance
I found a truly inviting tannin and notes like orange and licorice that i personally associate with aristocratic wines. There is fun and peculiarity in this Calabrese gem and a 14% abv well integrated. Fairly long too. I was frankly happy with this. — 3 years ago

Josh Houghton

10

For a white, it’s excellent — 4 years ago