Cascina Adelaide, Barolo, DOCG, Fossati, Piedmont, Italy, 2017

Producer Profile

Cascina Adelaide in the heart of Barolo is the lifelong dream of Amabile Droco – a dream born not only of a passion for the region’s wines, but also the diversity of the terroir to be found within the Barolo DOCG.

Having purchased an old farmhouse and accompanying vineyards in 1999, Amabile made considerable investments in a state of the art gravity-fed winery and a top winemaking team that would set Cascina Adelaide apart from the rest. Yet it was his continuing ambition to own land in each of Barolo’s crus that has made made Cascina Adelaide a producer of note. As Amabile himself explains: “It’s the land that provides the difference, the wine provides the medium”. In keeping with this philosophy, no herbicides are used in the vineyards and all of the harvesting and sorting is done by hand. Likewise native yeasts and minimal sulphur are used during vinification, allowing the resulting wines to speak for themselves: deliciously complex Barolos that display an exacting attention to detail.

Viticulture

Situated on a privately owned vineyard at "Fossati", in La Morra on a South, South East facing slope at an altitude of 400 metres. Soils consist of Diano sandstone with vines trained Guyot grown on a counter trellis system. With an average planting density of 5000 vines per hectare, yield is reduced with the use of the cluster thinning method.

Winemaking

The grapes are hand picked into in 20kg boxes and crushed within a few hours of picking. Fermentation is controlled at 32° C with repeated but gentle pumping over. Maceration takes around 350 hours after which the wine is matured for around 2 years in 16hl Oak barrels before 12 months of bottle refinement.

Tasting Note

Fossati is a seductive and powerful Borolo. Dark garnet red colour, a complex aroma of ripe cherry fruit and strawberry. The palate is fresh, with vibrant acidity combined with silky smooth tannin, this is a truly wonderful wine.

Food Matching

Barolo, "The king of wines" deserves steak, game and red meat.