# Cannubi (Cascina Adelaide)

> Red, Barolo DOCG by [Cascina Adelaide](https://ilvinobello.com/wineries/cascina-adelaide.md), Barolo, Piemonte, Italy. From Il Vino Bello (https://ilvinobello.com/wines/cascina-adelaide-cannubi).

- **Producer:** Cascina Adelaide
- **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.
- **Last updated:** 2026-10-04



## Summary

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.

## Food pairings

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