# Pernanno (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-pernanno).

- **Producer:** Cascina Adelaide
- **Style:** Red
- **Denomination:** Barolo DOCG
- **Grape:** Nebbiolo 100%
- **Cru / vineyard:** Pernanno
- **Production area:** Historic estate-owned vineyard in the Pernanno area, Castiglione Falletto commune
- **Soil:** Elvetian, calcareous clay (white tufa, vineyard page notes Diano sandstones)
- **Exposure:** South-south-east
- **Vineyard planting:** Altitude 270 m; guyot with medium-short pruning, about 5,000 vines per hectare, yield cut to 1 kg per vine; vines about 35 years old, massal selection (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 with native yeasts at a controlled temperature of about 32 °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 at least 10-15 years from the vintage. Alcohol 14.5% vol, residual sugar 2 g/l, total acidity 6 g/l, dry extract 30 g/l.
- **Last updated:** 2026-10-04



## Summary

The first release from a historic estate vineyard at Pernanno in Castiglione Falletto, on sun-baked white tufa in Elvetian territory. Aged 24 months in oak.

## Tasting notes

Intense garnet with orange reflections. The nose opens on menthol and medicinal herbs, followed by old rose, held in tension by an inner energy that never seems to yield. Sweet, very fine-grained basal tannins create the harmony and complexity of a great cru.

## Food pairings

Wonderful with dishes based on Alba white truffle and an inseparable companion of agnolotti and tagliolini.