Ceretto - Visit — Attraction in Alba

Overpriced and disappointing wine experience. Cru tasting was 1 white, 2 Barbaresco & 3 mediocre barolos all from a single vintage showing no real variety or depth for a ridiculous high price. Way, way, way too much very basic wine talking and walking and very very slow to pour the very few wines. Too much time in between pours. Too much unneeded endless information. Friendly and delightful staff and the fantastic toasted hazelnuts do not make up for the fact that this is not worth the price at all. There are so many better Barbarescos and Barolos for better prices nearby. Avoid. Ceretto Cru tasting... Langhe, Barbaresco, and Barolo. Lots and lots of talking in broken English. Horizontal 2021 was good but not great - very odd choices if their intent was to hopefully sell bottles of wine. Asili Barbaresco tasty but not full. La Morra lots of perfume. Surprise 2014 bottle was awful and oxidized (oddly a few people in the tasting argued that they loved it) - a terrible example of how structure should stand up. Ceretto can do so much better, but for this $400 price (for 3ppl) and 6 tasting pours of relatively mediocre wines, I would never come back. Perhaps they don't actually want people to...

Amazing overall experience, and I weigh my words. Among the several wineries we have visited during our wine tour in Langhe, Ceretto offered the highest customer experience (i.e. I am not able to give an equal number of stars to any other wineries during our stay). Gabriele was our guide. He is a trained sommelier, very knowledgeable. Also, his Luxury hospitality's experience allows him to be in tune with his customers and attentive to details. He definitely contributed to make our memory unforgettable. I recommend without hesitation to stop at Ceretto. We left the shop with some good bottles that will bring back good memories when we will open them...

Yes €90 is not cheap and you can also go to smaller vineyards for less. But you get 6 Barbaresca and Barolo from vintages back to 2008, from the best patches that this house has acquired over the years. Our guide Elena was very welcoming and even waited a bit for the couple that was late, calling them as well.

The environment is so picture perfect. The wines have great depth which is perfectly explained by Elena.

Afterwards I was treated very friendly with my modest order for shipping to the Netherlands. So they are definately very hospitable as opposed to the one star reviews...