Matteo Correggia Roero Roche d'Ampsej Riserva 2021

Matteo Correggia’s Roero Roche d’Ampsej Riserva is an expressive Nebbiolo from the sandy hillside vineyards of Canale d’Alba, balancing floral fragrance and fresh red fruit with the firm structure expected of the grape. Founded in 1985, the estate has helped bring attention to Roero’s distinctive Nebbiolo and its characteristically sandy soils.

Tasting Notes
The wine shows a bright ruby-red colour, developing garnet tones with time. Its aromatic profile brings together violet and rose with morello cherry and raspberry, followed by hints of pepper, mentholated tobacco and woodland herbs. On the palate, it is powerful yet balanced, with taut structure and a long, savoury finish marked by medicinal herbs and forest floor. Its firm frame and fruit suggest good capacity to age; the producer’s description cites a potential of 10–15 years.

Production
The Nebbiolo comes from hillside vineyards around 300 metres above sea level, where sunny exposure supports even ripening. Sandy soils, balanced by silt and clay, lend the wine a distinctive Roero character. The grapes are harvested by hand and vinified in temperature-controlled stainless steel and wooden vessels. The wine then spends more than a year in carefully selected, gradually renewed wooden casks to preserve fruit freshness, followed by further development in underground cellars carved into marl. The estate follows organic and sustainable farming principles.

Food & Serving
Serve at around 16–18°C, ideally after allowing the wine time to breathe; decant for about an hour when young to open its aromas and soften its structure. It pairs well with braised or roasted red meat, game, mushroom dishes and aged cheeses.

Producer
Matteo Correggia was established in 1985 in Canale d’Alba and is a notable name in Roero, a region better known for its sandy soils and distinctive expressions of Nebbiolo and Arneis. The estate’s focus on sustainable, organic-minded viticulture and wines that express their hillside origins has helped showcase Roero’s identity within Piedmont.

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