Cascina Adelaide, Barolo, DOCG, Pernanno, Piedmont, Italy, 2019

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

Guyot trained vines arounnd 35 years old on a south, south east facing slope consisting of white clay soils burned from the sun. The Pernanno vineyard allows the nebbiolo grapes to reveal unmatched smoothness, and transparency of the plot. This distinctive quality can be found only on this side of Barolo area.

Winemaking

12 hours in a drying room, before a soft and careful crushing. Fermentation with native yeasts at a controlled temperature of 32 C with repeated but gentle pumping over. 350 hours of maceraton and then malolactic fermentation in wood barrels.

Tasting Note

Hints of menthol and herb followed by a bouquet of cut roses. The tannins are sweet and thin grained creating a beautiful harmony and complexity very typical of this cru.

Food Matching

White truffles, taglioni and agnolotti