Part of the little soldier series and a big production of 100,000 bottles, the Renato Ratti 2020 Langhe Nebbiolo Ochetti opens to a bright appearance and shiny ruby transparency. This easygoing wine represents a selection of fruit from across 11 hectares of vines with southeast exposures. You get soft, ripe fruit with lots of cherry and plum.

Softly pliant and silky, the Renato Ratti 2019 Langhe Nebbiolo Ochetti shows fine and nuanced detailing with lots of genuine and delicate character of the grape. The fruit is subtle in this wine, but the bouquet affords more room to crushed stone, blue flower and powdered licorice. The wine's finely shaped texture would work next to a simple plate of egg noodles and grated Parmigiano. Production is an impressive 100,000 bottles.

Here's another bottle in the little solider series from this estate in La Morra. Each bottle in this group depicts an old military uniform on its front label. The Renato Ratti 2018 Langhe Nebbiolo Ochetti is a very fragrant and light expression. The wine reveals wild berry and tangy forest fruit with some bitter almond and a good dose of camphor ash or licorice that builds some nice complexity into the bouquet.

This is a delightfully fresh and buoyant red wine with lots of dark fruit definition. The fruit for the 2017 Langhe Nebbiolo Ochetti comes from the Roero zone and its light, sandy soils. Here, you get the delicate berry tones of Nebbiolo with a bit more heft and heat from the warm vintage. Production is 90,000 bottles strong.

Here's a great value wine. The Renato Ratti 2016 Langhe Nebbiolo Ochetti offers tangy and rich fruit with wild berry and red rose aromas. The primary fruit is intense and rich, much more so than your average Langhe Nebbiolo. This wine shows extreme varietal purity with good power and momentum. If you are in the mood for Nebbiolo but don't want the formality of a Barolo, this wine is a great choice. It sees one year of oak aging.