 Cascina Adelaide di Amabile Drocco
Cascina Adelaide has been a working winery with its own "cru" vineyards for over 100 years. "Cru" vineyards are recognized on the basis of exposure, altitude, and soil characteristics that are capable of producing the highest quality grapes in the region. Despite its location just below the Castello of Barolo itself, it was basically unknown outside the local area until Amabile Drocco bought the property in 1999 and began modernization.
He made a considerable investment in new equipment, engaged a top agronomist and winemaker, and added a new state-of-the-art gravity-fed winery building to the property. This is, no doubt, a super-star winery in the making. The winery has received many accolades including multiple above-90-point ratings in The Wine Spectator, above-90-pt ratings in Wine Enthusiast, 91 points for the Barolo Preda in Veronelli, and was winner of 5 stars in Decanter Magazine. In short, the long-held potential of Cascina Adelaide is now being realized and it is becoming one of the top producers in an area where world-class wine is already the tradition. But point scores don't really tell the story of these wines. Cascina Adelaide's wines have a unique style. Walking a tightrope between the modernists and the traditionalists, Sergio Molino is crafting Barolos of incredible purity, with a clarity and precision of fruit that is a revelation. They have the "stuff" of traditional Barolos, which becomes evident as they age, but what is amazing is that they are approachable younger without giving up anything in the long run. They taste like Barolo, age like Barolo, and develop a certain weight and power as they age, and yet offer (relatively) immediate pleasures soon after release. The single-vineyard offerings each exalt the different personalities of their specific sites, and the Riserva per Elen bottlings are among the most profound Barolos being produced today. Wine List
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