# Le Mie Donne (Cascina Adelaide)

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

- **Producer:** Cascina Adelaide
- **Style:** Red
- **Denomination:** Barbera d'Alba 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 reduced by thinning 20% 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 with native yeasts at a controlled temperature of about 28 °C; short but intense maceration of about 80 hours with regular punch-downs. The new wine stays in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks for spontaneous malolactic fermentation. Ageing: 6 months in steel.
- **Serving temperature:** 18 °C
- **Storage:** Ages 3-4 years from the vintage; keep the bottle lying down. Alcohol 13.5% vol, residual sugar 2.5 g/l, total acidity 6.2 g/l, dry extract 27 g/l.
- **Last updated:** 2026-10-04



## Summary

A fresh Barbera d'Alba dedicated by Amabile Drocco to the women who support him, aged 6 months in steel.

## Tasting notes

Ruby with a violet rim. Winey, with plum and cherry on nose and palate and an acidity that gives it liveliness and freshness.

## Food pairings

Perfect with red meat and fresh cheeses.