area of origin: Fontanarosa
cultivar: Marinese, Ravece, Ogliarola di Avellino, Leccino
altitude: 600 mt.
number of olive trees: 4000
acidity: 0.18 %
raising: From October to November
raising method: Hand picked
extraction: mechanical, continuous cycle, cold extraction
oil mill location: Paternopoli
The extraction of the oil is of the mechanical type, in a continuous cycle, and it is a cold extraction. What distinguishes our oils from others on the market is the care with which the company operates the olive groves: about 3.000 plants over an area of seven hectares, of family property ever since. The corporate project also provides for an extension of the olive, which in two years will lead him to share five thousand plants: one of the largest plants in the area! In November 2012, 1.000 trees of the variety ‘ravece’ were planted; next year will be planted more 1.000 olive trees including ‘ravece’ and ‘marinese’. The special feature of this new plant is that the cuttings, taken from centuries-old olive trees company, were grown in the nursery. The olive harvest is premature and takes place before complete maturation. The ‘molitura’ is immediate - a factor that reduces the percentage of acidity maintaining all the characteristics - and the olives are never left to rest on the ground. During harvesting cultivar are separated for the production of the four oils: Ecla (Marinese), Erbo (Ogliarola of Avellino), Pedra (Ravece - Irpinia DOP - Hills dell'Ufita) and Icante (Blend).
