DAL
1896
CHIANTI OLIVE OIL
THE QUALITY FACTORS
THE SECRET OF THE SUPERIOR QUALITY OF THE EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL OF “IL CASTAGNETO” IS
TERROIR
The type of ground composed not by normal ground but by a majority of “Galestro” stones broken into finest pieces in hundreds of million years. On this stony humus ground grow our approximately 4000 olive trees that give us this delicate oil that is less fatty, less greasy compared to other oils that grow on rich greasy ground.
CLIMATE
Thanks to the mild climate due to the medium altitude and thanks to the poor stony ground we obtain an oil that is almost free of acidity. Even repeated tests in the laboratory show that acidity is barely conceivable and only after various tests. This year's analysis has shown a 0,15 acidity compared to the 0,80% allowed by the extra virgin olive oil controlling authorities and 0,30% peroxides against the 20% allowed.
CARE OF THE FIELDS
Fertilization and pruning
HEIGHT
The height of approximately 500 metres protects the plants from diseases and make the plants grow healthier with a regular and fresh maturation
VARIETIES
The varieties of our olive plants are: Leccino, Maurino, Correggiolo, Frantoiano, Moraiolo, Pendolino
PRODUCTION
At the end it must be said that the time between collecting and squeezing the olives mustn't exceed 12 hours. Every evening a van with a capacity of about 600 kg comes to collect the olives that have been collected during the day (no matter how many there are) and brings them the morning after at 7am to the oil mill where they immediately start the mechanic procedure of cold squeezing.
Our company is not involved in the commerce of olives. The oil we produce is coming exclusively from our own olive trees grown on our property therefore you won't find our olives in olive oil generally called “Italian” as it's exclusively coming from olives grown on our property in Castellina in Chianti.
CHIANTI CLASSICO
The production area of the oil has received a special recognition when an edict was issued in 1716 in which Duke Cosimo III wanted to underline the quality of the extra virgin olive oil produced in the area called “Chianti Classico” of which Castellina in Chianti is the centre of reference.
