Red

Serralunga

Name: Cascina Adelaide Serralunga
Brand: Cascina Adelaide

By Cascina Adelaide, Barolo, Piemonte, Italy

Barolo of the Serralunga d'Alba commune from two historic crus, Sorano and Costabella, with vines over 80 years old. Aged 18 months in oak.

Tasting notes

Very intense colour, with a chalky, polished tannic texture. A broad, deep nose of dark fruit that gains hints of daisy as it ages.

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

Style: Red
Denomination: Barolo DOCG
Grape: Nebbiolo 100%, massal selection
Cru / vineyard: Sorano, Costabella
Production area: Sorano and Costabella vineyards, Serralunga d'Alba commune, 1 ha in total
Soil: Serravalian, Lequio Formation (wine sheet); the Sorano and Costabella vineyard pages say Elvetian
Exposure: Sorano: south-south-east; Costabella: south-south-west (vineyard pages)
Vineyard planting: Vines over 80 years old with an unusual set of old Nebbiolo varieties (massal selection); altitude 300 m; guyot with medium-short pruning, about 5,000 vines per hectare, yield cut to about 1.0 kg per vine
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: 18 months in oak barrels.
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.