Red

Cannubi

By Cascina Adelaide, Barolo, Piemonte, Italy

Cascina Adelaide Cannubi

Barolo from a 0.5 ha estate vineyard in the Cannubi cru, planted in 1980 with massal-selection Nebbiolo. Aged 24 months in oak.

Tasting notes

Crystalline garnet with orange reflections. Plums, blackberries and violets come forward; mineral and spicy notes emerge thanks to the inner tension for which the cru is known.

Pairs well with

Red meat, game, truffle recipes, blue or aged cheeses.

Technical details

Style
Red
Denomination
Barolo DOCG
Grape
Nebbiolo 100%, massal selection
Cru / vineyard
Cannubi
Production area
Estate-owned 0.5 ha vineyard in the Cannubi area, Barolo commune
Soil
Tortonian-Elvetian
Exposure
South-south-east
Vineyard planting
2,500 vines planted in 1980; guyot with medium-short pruning, about 5,000 vines per hectare, yield cut to about 1.0 kg per vine; altitude 270 m (vineyard page)
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 30 °C with repeated gentle pump-overs, maceration of about 350 hours on average. The new wine goes into oak for spontaneous malolactic fermentation. Ageing: 24 months in oak, then about 6 months in bottle.
Serving temperature
18-20 °C
Storage
Keep the bottle lying down; ages 10-15 years from the vintage. Alcohol 14% vol, residual sugar 2 g/l, total acidity 5.4 g/l, dry extract 30 g/l.

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