"Forty years of dreaming, a homecoming."
- Region
- Abruzzo — Orsogna
- Current management
- The Lamaletto family
Between the flanks of the Majella and the Adriatic coast near Ortona, in the middle of the protected Parco Territoriale dell'Annunziata, lies the estate of Il Feuduccio di Santa Maria d'Orni. The hills here have an age-old wine tradition, and the special microclimate — Mediterranean sea breezes colliding with the fresher mountain air of the Abruzzo Apennines — gives grapes with a strikingly intense aroma.
The story of the estate is one of departure and return. Gaetano Lamaletto once left his native region with his wife Maria to seek his fortune in Venezuela. But the dream of returning one day to his own land, to make quality wine there, never let go of him. Forty years later, as a successful entrepreneur, he finally made that dream come true.
Today the estate is carried by the next generations: son Camillo, daughter Laura — who herself shows visitors around the estate — with her husband Paolo and their four children, and grandson Gaetano, named after his grandfather. A family business in the fullest sense of the word.
What strikes you immediately on a visit is the cellar itself: literally hewn out of the rock, spread over five levels, with constant, natural control of temperature and humidity — a place that makes as much of an impression as the wines that age there.
"The dream of returning, to make wine on one's own land."— Il Feuduccio
Grape varieties
"Forty years of dreaming, a homecoming."
- Region
- Abruzzo — Orsogna
- Current management
- The Lamaletto family
Between the flanks of the Majella and the Adriatic coast near Ortona, in the middle of the protected Parco Territoriale dell'Annunziata, lies the estate of Il Feuduccio di Santa Maria d'Orni. The hills here have an age-old wine tradition, and the special microclimate — Mediterranean sea breezes colliding with the fresher mountain air of the Abruzzo Apennines — gives grapes with a strikingly intense aroma.
The story of the estate is one of departure and return. Gaetano Lamaletto once left his native region with his wife Maria to seek his fortune in Venezuela. But the dream of returning one day to his own land, to make quality wine there, never let go of him. Forty years later, as a successful entrepreneur, he finally made that dream come true.
Today the estate is carried by the next generations: son Camillo, daughter Laura — who herself shows visitors around the estate — with her husband Paolo and their four children, and grandson Gaetano, named after his grandfather. A family business in the fullest sense of the word.
What strikes you immediately on a visit is the cellar itself: literally hewn out of the rock, spread over five levels, with constant, natural control of temperature and humidity — a place that makes as much of an impression as the wines that age there.
"The dream of returning, to make wine on one's own land."— Il Feuduccio