# Vigna Preda (Cascina Adelaide)

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

- **Producer:** Cascina Adelaide
- **Style:** Red
- **Denomination:** Barbera d'Alba Superiore DOC
- **Grape:** Barbera 100%
- **Cru / vineyard:** Preda
- **Soil:** Calcareous clay, Tortonian
- **Exposure:** South-west
- **Vineyard planting:** Guyot with medium-short pruning, about 5,000 vines per hectare, yield cut to about 1.0 kg per vine by thinning 30% 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 at a controlled temperature of about 30 °C with repeated gentle pump-overs, maceration of about 250 hours. Part of the new wine stays in 16 hl oak casks and the rest goes into barriques for spontaneous malolactic fermentation. Ageing: 12 months in wood.
- **Serving temperature:** 18 °C
- **Storage:** Ages 8-10 years from the vintage; keep the bottle lying down. Alcohol 14% vol, residual sugar 2.5 g/l, total acidity 6 g/l, dry extract 30 g/l.
- **Last updated:** 2026-10-04



## Summary

Barbera d'Alba Superiore from the Preda vineyard, aged 12 months in oak casks and barriques.

## Tasting notes

Intense violet in the glass. The nose is captured by sweet fruit, flowers and plum jam topped by elegant, delicate vanilla; the berry is intense and crystalline on the palate, with velvety acidity at the finish.

## Food pairings

Perfect with red meat and aged cheeses.