Dry Brachetto Anthos 2024, Matteo Correggia

Anthos is Brachetto without the sugar rush. Instead of the sweet, sparkling style many people know, Correggia turns the grape into a dry, aromatic red that’s light on its feet and wonderfully expressive. Expect rose petal, violet, raspberry, wild strawberry, pomegranate, and a subtle bitter-herbal note that nods toward vermouth and amaro. The palate is fresh, dry, and gently tannic, with bright red fruit and floral lift all the way through. Serve it slightly chilled and it becomes one of those bottles that disappears suspiciously quickly. It’s especially good with salumi, prosciutto, pâté, pizza, tomato-based pastas, grilled vegetables, or a snack spread that started casual and somehow became dinner. 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!