# Preda (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-preda).

- **Producer:** Cascina Adelaide
- **Style:** Red
- **Denomination:** Barolo DOCG
- **Grape:** Nebbiolo 100% (2 clones)
- **Cru / vineyard:** Preda
- **Production area:** Historic estate-owned vineyard in the Preda area, Barolo commune; the estate's only monopole (catalogue)
- **Soil:** Tortonian; whitish tufa-type soils (vineyard page)
- **Exposure:** West
- **Vineyard planting:** Trained on guyot with medium-short pruning; yield cut by thinning bunches to about 1 kg per vine; altitude 270-300 m; vines planted about 14 years ago, clonal selection (vineyard page)
- **Vinification:** Grapes are picked ripe into small perforated 20 kg crates and sorted bunch by bunch; crushing happens within a few hours of picking. Fermentation with native yeasts at a controlled temperature of about 32 °C with repeated gentle pump-overs, then a long maceration of about 350 hours. The new wine goes into oak, where malolactic fermentation happens spontaneously. 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 at least. Alcohol 14% vol, residual sugar 2 g/l, total acidity 6 g/l, dry extract 31 g/l.
- **Last updated:** 2026-10-04



## Summary

The estate's only monopole, from the historic Preda vineyard in Barolo, Nebbiolo from two clones aged 24 months in oak.

## Tasting notes

Decidedly intense ruby red. Striking expressive intensity of plum and blackberry jam, then iodine and menthol notes. Imposing, intense structure in the mouth, with a almost startling liquorice note and ripe red fruit.

## Food pairings

Red meats, game, truffle dishes, blue or aged cheeses.