• The shepherds
    [Gabriele D'Annunzio]

    "September, let’s go. It’s time to migrate.
    Now in the land of Abruzzi my shepherds
    leave the folds and go towards the sea:
    they go down to the wild Adriatic
    that is green like mountain pastures."...


  • The dedication

    "It is on this millennial journey
    that the Petrucci family
    wants to dedicate its
    Selection of excellence."...


  • The brand
    [Petrucci family - Amatrice 2018/08/24]

    The capital letter “A”,
    the initial of the name of the city,
    symbolizes the elegant progress
    of a queen."...


  • Transhumance
    [Gianluca Luciani]

    "Up here in the mountains, the starry nights
    of late summer they soon get colder.
    They bring the first shivers
    with them while, whispering, tell
    about the winter that will come."...


The shepherds

The shepherds

"September, let’s go. It’s time to migrate.
Now in the land of Abruzzi my shepherds
leave the folds and go towards the sea:
they go down to the wild Adriatic
that is green like mountain pastures.
They’ve drunk deeply from the Alpine fonts,
so that the taste of their native water may stay
in their exiled hearts for comfort,
to deceive their thirst along the way.
They’ve renewed their hazelnut sticks.
And they go along the ancient bridleway,
that is almost like a silent grassy river,
in the traces of the ancient ancestors.
Oh voice of the one who first
discerns the shimmering of the sea!
Now along this coast moves
la greggia. the flock. Without movement is the air.
The sun bleaches the living wool
so that it almost blends into the sand.
Swishing, stamping, sweet sounds.

Ah, why am I not with my shepherds?"


Gabriele D’Annunzio