Starts out with a tar note, picking up licorice and cherry flavors along the way. Open and fluid, with moderate tannins and length. Drink now. 2,700 cases made, 900 cases imported.??–BS??Region: Italy / Piedmont / Roero Select to Add

This is open-textured though firm, providing a backdrop for the black cherry, earth and anise notes, while dusty tannins offer grip. Drink now through 2018. 1,200 cases made.??–BS??Region: Italy / Piedmont / Roero Select to Add

Screw off the cap and serve this 2012 Roero with pizza. It's a fresh and delicate wine, with a pretty light color and ruby highlights.

Round and smooth, with light-grained tannins underneath sweet cherry and berry notes. Anise and tobacco accents chime in as this ends with refinement and moderate length. Drink now through 2018. 1,200 cases made.??–BS??Region: Italy / Piedmont / Roero Select to Add

Sweet raspberries, flowers and spices – in other words, the hallmarks of Nebbiolo from Roero – emerge from the 2010 Roero. All the elements are nicely balanced through to the inviting, medium-bodied finish. This delineated, vibrant, harmonious red is a great introduction to the wines of the Roero and just as compelling a value. Anticipated maturity: 2012-2020. It was great to go back to Correggia, as a few years had passed since my last visit. Ornella Correggia’s children, whom I remembered as young, are of course now grown up. Her son Giovanni looks set to continue the work of his late father. Longtime winemaker Luca Rostango has also pretty much grown up at the winery. In recent years, the estate has introduced large casks for a portion of their Barbera and Nebbiolo, marking a slight change in style that is now quite the norm throughout Piemonte. I also tasted a handful of older wines. While there is little question that the Correggia wines can age for years, whether they improve materially in bottle or not is another question, and a much more complex one to address. One of the myths of French oak is that it would “integrate” over time. The reality is that oak has to be perfectly integrated at the outset for wines to age well and gracefully. Various American importers, including: Skurnik Wines, Syosset, NY; (516) 677-9300; Robert Houde Wines, Elk Grove Village, IL; tel. (847) 430-3887; Giuliana Imports, Boulder, CO; tel. (303) 449-5477; Cavatappi Distribution, Seattle, WA; tel. (206) 282-5226