""Youthful, full, woody and spicy aromas over intense black fruit. Fragrant dark cherry and liquorice flavours with lovely balance. Excellent length and very pretty aromas to finish" - Michael Garner, Decanter 18.75pts (95/100)
"Beautifully pure and precise aromas and flavours of red cherry, rose and sweet spices with lacy minerality on the long finish. This screams La Morra, which isn't always the case in 2010 with wines from this commune" - Ian D'Agata, Decanter 18.5pts (95/100)"
After a highly successful engineering career, Amabile Droco achieved his lifetime's ambition when he purchased an old farmhouse and the accompanying vineyards in the heart of the village of Barolo. The employment of a top new winemaking team and the construction of an incredible new subterranean winery had a predictably positive effect on the quality of the wines produced but what really sets Cascina Adelaide apart is their vineyard holdings and their commitment to demonstrating the diversity of the terroirs within the Barolo DOCG. They now own top sites in 8 out of the 10 Barolo "Crus" with plans to get to 10 as and when the right sites become available. A horizontal tasting of the wines demonstrates the clearly defined characteristics of each of the vineyards in terms of fruit concentration, elegance and the structure of the tannins enabling the taster to appreciate not only the quality of the whole range but also which style is their own individual preference. Nor have the journalists been slow to recognise the fantastic quality of the wines with a number of the wines awarded 95 points from Wine Spectator as well as consistently coming out on top in Decanter tastings.
