# Maria Adelaide (Bruno Rocca)

> Red, Barbaresco DOCG by [Bruno Rocca](https://ilvinobello.com/wineries/bruno-rocca.md), Barbaresco, Piemonte, Italy. From Il Vino Bello (https://ilvinobello.com/wines/bruno-rocca-maria-adelaide).

- **Producer:** Bruno Rocca
- **Style:** Red
- **Denomination:** Barbaresco DOCG
- **Grape:** Nebbiolo
- **Soil:** Clay and limestone soils: white tufaceous marl mixed with grey-blue marl and veins of sand, from the Tertiary Period.
- **Vinification:** Stainless steel for 25 to 30 days, then 12 months in barrique and 18 months in large barrels, all French oak. Yield 40 hl per hectare.
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-30



## Summary

A Barbaresco named after Maria Adelaide Bo, who bought the Rabajà vineyard with her husband Francesco Rocca in 1958.

## Tasting notes

Deep garnet red. A broad nose of black fruit (blackberry, plum, cherry, sour cherry) and blood orange, flowers (violet and rose), spice and mint. Warm, elegant and enveloping, very long and persistent, with a note of cocoa.