Producing
delicious olive oil is an old family tradition. For 200
years - it was then that this ground became our property
– it’s our family’s purpose to provide a real top quality
product, following strictly the rules of our ancestors.
Our land covers 30 hectares, where you can admire 6000 strong
and healthy olive trees.
The Etruscans produced olive oil in this area, so ideal
for climate and soil. Just like them we still pick our olives
only by hand, in order to keep each fruit intact until it’s
crushed in the oil mill – a process that has to take place
the same night after it has been picked.
In this way our olive oil preserves a low grade of acidity
which is one of Tuscany’s secrets. But it’s not only the
process which makes our Tuscan oil so different from all
the others. It’s also the combination of different varieties
which plays a fundamental role. On Monteoriolo we grow Frantoiano,
Moraiolo and Leccino trees, each with its own characteristics
– one for the taste, one for the perfume and one for the
colour.