Matteo Correggia 'Val dei Preti' Roero Riserva, Piemonte, Italy 2022
Matteo Correggia founded his estate with a plan to create wines worthy of carrying the name of Roero around the world, enhancing a terroir that had been profoundly underestimated. His fruit was so outstanding that Barolo legends Roberto Voerzio and Elio Altare urged him to produce a Roero vineyard designate — a thing that had never been done before — and by 1987 Correggia debuted La Val dei Preti, Roero's first cru bottling. The wine was an immediate success, and Correggia became the only non-Barolo producer on the Barolo Boys circuit, earning swift access to international markets. After Matteo was killed in a tractor accident in 2001, his widow Ornella led the winery to even greater heights, introducing organic and biodynamic practices, committing to low-intervention winemaking, and focusing the estate on its own fruit. Today the estate is run by their son Giovanni Correggia, now winemaker and export manager.
- WINEMAKER: Giovanni Correggia
- FARMING: Certified organic with biodynamic practices throughout. Only manure is used as fertilizer; spontaneous cover crops are maintained between rows, mowed and incorporated as green manure. No chemical herbicides are used.
- VARIETY: 100% Nebbiolo
- TERROIR: The Val dei Preti vineyard sits at 260–290 metres above sea level on a south-facing slope — one of the highest positions in the Roero territory — with a windy exposure that promotes a healthy microclimate for the grapes. Soils are composed of 65% fine sand, 4% coarse sand, 29% silt, and 2% clay — marine-derived sediments from the ancient Golfo Padano seabed. These nutrient-poor, predominantly sandy soils lend to lighter-bodied, aromatically powerful wines. Vines range from 50 to 80 years of age, planted at 5,500 vines per hectare
- VINIFICATION: Grapes are hand-harvested in early October and undergo 10–12 days of skin maceration in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks.
- AGING: At least 15 months in 30HL large casks and used small barrels, followed by a minimum of 10 months in bottle before release.
- TASTING NOTES: Silky and mineral, with freshness that harmonically meets a solid structure built for many years of aging. Aromas of dried rose, wild cherry, and violet give way to notes of orange zest, tobacco leaf, and earthy truffle. Fine-grained tannins and vibrant acidity frame a long, mineral finish — classic Roero Nebbiolo in its most elegant register.
- FOOD PAIRINGS: Tajarin with truffle, brasato al Barolo, roasted lamb with herbs, aged Parmigiano-Reggiano, porcini mushroom risotto.
Matteo Correggia 'Val dei Preti' Roero Riserva, Piemonte, Italy 2022
Matteo Correggia founded his estate with a plan to create wines worthy of carrying the name of Roero around the world, enhancing a terroir that had been profoundly underestimated. His fruit was so outstanding that Barolo legends Roberto Voerzio and Elio Altare urged him to produce a Roero vineyard designate — a thing that had never been done before — and by 1987 Correggia debuted La Val dei Preti, Roero's first cru bottling. The wine was an immediate success, and Correggia became the only non-Barolo producer on the Barolo Boys circuit, earning swift access to international markets. After Matteo was killed in a tractor accident in 2001, his widow Ornella led the winery to even greater heights, introducing organic and biodynamic practices, committing to low-intervention winemaking, and focusing the estate on its own fruit. Today the estate is run by their son Giovanni Correggia, now winemaker and export manager.
- WINEMAKER: Giovanni Correggia
- FARMING: Certified organic with biodynamic practices throughout. Only manure is used as fertilizer; spontaneous cover crops are maintained between rows, mowed and incorporated as green manure. No chemical herbicides are used.
- VARIETY: 100% Nebbiolo
- TERROIR: The Val dei Preti vineyard sits at 260–290 metres above sea level on a south-facing slope — one of the highest positions in the Roero territory — with a windy exposure that promotes a healthy microclimate for the grapes. Soils are composed of 65% fine sand, 4% coarse sand, 29% silt, and 2% clay — marine-derived sediments from the ancient Golfo Padano seabed. These nutrient-poor, predominantly sandy soils lend to lighter-bodied, aromatically powerful wines. Vines range from 50 to 80 years of age, planted at 5,500 vines per hectare
- VINIFICATION: Grapes are hand-harvested in early October and undergo 10–12 days of skin maceration in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks.
- AGING: At least 15 months in 30HL large casks and used small barrels, followed by a minimum of 10 months in bottle before release.
- TASTING NOTES: Silky and mineral, with freshness that harmonically meets a solid structure built for many years of aging. Aromas of dried rose, wild cherry, and violet give way to notes of orange zest, tobacco leaf, and earthy truffle. Fine-grained tannins and vibrant acidity frame a long, mineral finish — classic Roero Nebbiolo in its most elegant register.
- FOOD PAIRINGS: Tajarin with truffle, brasato al Barolo, roasted lamb with herbs, aged Parmigiano-Reggiano, porcini mushroom risotto.