Roero 2020, Matteo Correggia

Matteo Correggia’s Roero is Nebbiolo with its shoulders relaxed a little. Grown in the sandy hills north of Alba, this shows the grape’s classic perfume and structure, but with a more lifted, approachable feel than its sterner cousins across the Tanaro. Expect rose petal, red cherry, wild strawberry, cranberry, dried herbs, anise, and a little earthy tobacco note as the wine opens up.

The palate is medium-bodied, bright, and finely tannic, with red-fruited freshness running through a more savory, mineral finish. The 2020 vintage has enough age to let the edges soften, but it still has that Nebbiolo snap that makes it so useful at the table. Think roasted mushrooms, pork, chicken thighs, tajarin with ragù, or anything involving truffles if the universe is feeling generous.

About the Winery

Matteo Correggia was a true visionary in Roero, Italy. He saw the potential of his land before many others and worked hard to put it on the map. Although Matteo passed away many years ago, his children and widow have taken over the family business, and his son, Giovanni, now runs the show!

Roero is a small town to the north of the more famous Piedmont wine regions, Barolo and Barbaresco, but more importantly, it is on the other side of the Po river, and its soils are much younger. Even more importantly, those soils are loaded with sand. And seashells! When you come to the store, ask us about the seashells we saw when we visited this wonderful place in 2013. Sand has a tendency to bring out the aromatics of wine grapes, especially when compared with the clay soils of Barolo and Barbaresco. So even though the grapes grown in this commune are the same ones grown in other parts of northern Italy, their expression is more exuberant, and in our eyes, more enticing!