# Serralunga (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-serralunga).

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



## Summary

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.

## Food pairings

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