HISTORY
The game, the family and the scents of good
A land that tastes good, of fresh wind blowing from the sea, of vines, olive trees, small farms. As soon as you arrive at Pampano on the hill of Bibbona, you are surrounded by greenery. And at the bottom a blue stripe: the sea. Poi incontri i fratelli Paolo e Loriano, leggi l’etichetta dedicata al loro babbo Osvaldo. You enter the house, with the fireplace and the playing cards there on the sideboard. Then that feeling that caught you on arrival takes shape.
It is no longer just the memory of playing as children on the beach. It is no longer even the memory of playing in the street hopscotch, with short trousers and skirts and a few skinned knees. A game that is in the name and in the label of the wine: Pampano is the ancient diction of the “bell”. Here there is the emotion of that past time, the scent of authenticity. In wine, in oil. Welcome to Pampano.
THE TERRITORY
Osvaldo and the farm in a corner between land and sea
First of all, there is the purchase of the land in this corner between land and sea, Osvaldo Fedeli in 1969 bought the land where the Pampano stands today. Here the brothers Paolo and Loriano grow up. They go to the sea, play, help in the countryside while “father” Osvaldo cultivates cereals, fodder and then olive trees and some remnants of old vines scattered from one field to another, two rows at a time: they called them “the duplicates”. Mamma Marisa, always present, dedicates herself to the green of the vineyards.
Osvaldo here also had the cattle with the stable where the modern cellar will be built in the future. Gradually, the family began to expand vineyards and olive groves from fodder and cereals. Three red grape varieties: the native Sangiovese, Ciliegiolo and Giacomino. And then three white grape varieties: Trebbiano, Malvasia and Colombana. Thanks to the dedication of Paolo, Loriano and his wife Luana made a turning point in 2011: the three were born iconic bottles.
THE PRODUCTS
The products of Pampano between Father Osvaldo and the game of the bell
Make a note of this year: 2011. Osvaldo Bianco, Osvaldo Rosso and Pampano are born, with capital ‘O’s and hopscotch on the label. Paolo deals with viticulture in Bolgheri and Loriano follows Il Pampano full time. The intuition: to refine the wine in Barriques. A magical experience. And the following year, the triumph. With the bottles sold like hot cakes. From there the belief that something positive could happen. And so, it was. Il Pampano, in the Bibbona Doc area with 2 hectares of vineyards and 1.7 hectares of olive groves, produces 5,000 bottles of wine, with the aim of reaching 10,000. Here wine is nature. Depending on the vintages, the varietal percentages can change.
