# Amabilin (Cascina Adelaide)

> Red, Barbera d'Alba Superiore DOC by [Cascina Adelaide](https://ilvinobello.com/wineries/cascina-adelaide.md), Barolo, Piemonte, Italy. From Il Vino Bello (https://ilvinobello.com/wines/cascina-adelaide-amabilin).

- **Producer:** Cascina Adelaide
- **Style:** Red
- **Denomination:** Barbera d'Alba Superiore DOC
- **Grape:** Barbera 100%
- **Soil:** Calcareous clay, Tortonian
- **Exposure:** South-west
- **Vineyard planting:** Guyot with medium-short pruning, about 5,000 vines per hectare, yield cut to about 1.0 kg per vine by thinning 30% of the bunches
- **Vinification:** Ripe grapes picked into small perforated 20 kg crates and sorted bunch by bunch; crushing within a few hours of picking. Fermentation at a controlled temperature of about 32 °C with repeated gentle pump-overs, maceration of about 250 hours. The new wine stays in barriques for spontaneous malolactic fermentation. Ageing: 24 months in wood.
- **Serving temperature:** 18 °C
- **Storage:** Ages 10 years from the vintage. Alcohol 14.5% vol, residual sugar 3 g/l, total acidity 6.2 g/l, dry extract 30 g/l. Also in 1.5 l, 3 l and 5 l.
- **Last updated:** 2026-10-04



## Summary

A Barbera d'Alba Superiore named for the family nickname of founder Amabile Drocco, aged 24 months in barriques.

## Tasting notes

Intense garnet red. The nose is clear, broad and ethereal with notes of rose, vanilla and spice. In the mouth balance and harmony stand out; dense and voluminous, with a very persistent finish.

## Food pairings

Perfect with red meat, game and aged, spicy cheeses.