Matteo Correggia La Val dei Preti Roero Nebbiolo 2018
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The 2018 Roero Riserva La Val dei Preti is fabulous. Bright and effusive, with striking aromatic presence, the 2018 is an exquisite wine that showcases the potential of Nebbiolo in Roero. Sweet floral accents, cedar, tobacco and dried cherry all grace this ethereal, super-expressive Roero from Correggia. I loved it.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The certified organic Matteo Correggia 2018 Roero Riserva La Val dei Preti is beautifully balanced and bright with forest berry, blue flower, wild herb and crushed stone. Matteo Correggia understands how to draw out the elegance and grace in Nebbiolo. The oak is beautifully integrated, and the wine's freshness adds to its persistence.
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
COMMENTARY: The 2018 Matteo Correggia Roero La Val dei Preti is brooding, well-built, and persistent. TASTING NOTES: This wine excels with aromas and flavors of black fruit, earth, and forest floor. Enjoy it with Bourbon-basted, grilled baby back ribs. (Tasted: September 6, 2022, San Francisco, CA)
The estate defines the agricultural management as "natural and sustainable whenever possible". Only manure is used as fertilizer. Spontaneous cover crops (grass cover) are left between the rows of vines, the grass is mowed and the soil is tilled so to work the plant substance (green manure) into the ground. No chemical weed-control products are used. There is a very limited use of SO2 in the wine.
Responsible for some of the most elegant and age-worthy wines in the world, Nebbiolo, named for the ubiquitous autumnal fog (called nebbia in Italian), is the star variety of northern Italy’s Piedmont region. Grown throughout the area, as well as in the neighboring Valle d’Aosta and Valtellina, it reaches its highest potential in the Piedmontese villages of Barolo, Barbaresco and Roero. Outside of Italy, growers are still very much in the experimentation stage but some success has been achieved in parts of California. Somm Secret—If you’re new to Nebbiolo, start with a charming, wallet-friendly, early-drinking Langhe Nebbiolo or Nebbiolo d'Alba.
Even to this day, the Roero folklore lives on about witchcraft lurking behind its dramatic contours and obscure woods—but these stories only add to the region’s allure and charm. Actually today Roero winemakers are some of the most astute and motivated in Piedmont. While the white Arneis has attracted global attention for some time, now Roero Nebbiolo wines (elevated to the same DOCG status as Barolo and Barbaresco) are making a name for themselves. Keep an eye on any labeled with the vineyard, Valmaggiore, as Barolo producers have been investing here for years. If you’re looking for hidden gems, this is your region!