Antonio Galloni 94 Points!
Variety: 100% Barbera
Antonio Galloni 94 Points!"Braida fans will not want to miss the 2010 Barbera d'Asti Bricco dell'Uccellone. Focused and vibrant to the core, the 2010 captures the energy of this great vintage in spades. Black cherries, plums, graphite, spices and crushed rocks rush out of the glass in a super-exciting wine bursting with vitality. I suggest serving the 2010 in a large, generous glass, which will help release some of the wine's considerable potential"
Antonio Galloni, Vinous Media, April 2014
"[Braida's]Reinisch recently visited Sydney to promote his wares, including Braida's four top, old-vine DOCG (Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita) Barbera d'Asti: Montebruna, Bricco della Bigotta, Bricco dell'Uccellone and Ai Suma. These are serious red wines of stature and power.
Bricco dell'Uccellone, another old-vine, single-vineyard wine, is the wine that first made Giacomo Bologna's name. The 2010 is a superb wine: savoury, complex and powerful with terrific balance, which is remarkable for a wine with 16 per cent alcohol."
Huon Hooke, Good Food Guide
"You can't go wrong with this Barbera from one of the Piedmont's most storied estates. Generally regarded as one of Italy's best Barbera wines, the single-vineyard, barrique-aged Barbera d'Asti from the Braida estate has exhibited a consistently high quality every year since first introduced in 1982.
The Bricco dell'Uccellone (breek oh del oot che loh' nay) Barbara from the Braida estate consists entirely of Barbera harvested exclusively from a single hillside vineyard with good southern exposure near the town of Asti. The grapes are harvested by hand and vinified in steel tanks with a second fermentation in oak barrels. The wine is aged in new, small oak barrels (barriques) for 16 months and then bottled where it spends an additional 12 months resting prior to release for sale.
Rich and lush with warm spicy fruit aromas and flavors. It is dense and full-bodied with lively acidity and modest tannins. While it is ready to drink now, it will age gracefully for another 6 to 8 years."
Wine Words of Wisdom
Country:
Italy
Region:
Italy - Other
Variety:
Wine Red - Other
Size:
750mL
