Olio extravergine con macine di pietra
Cold-extracted using the traditional pressing method, organic, unfiltered, with a deep green colour and fruity aroma, stored under nitrogen in steel silos.
Producers · Calenzano (FI)
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The place
On the slopes of Monte Morello, in a valley the estate itself describes as unspoiled, Fattoria di Volmiano preserves a layering of agricultural history that goes back to the Middle Ages. Today the estate is run by Lapo Gondi, who has carried forward his grandfather Alfredo Citernesi's passion for olive growing and extra virgin oil. Seven hundred years of olive culture cannot be told in a page: they are visited, by booking, among stone millstones and coppiced woods that climb to a thousand metres.
Il luogo
From a medieval watchtower to a specialised seventy-hectare olive grove with over twenty thousand trees: Fattoria di Volmiano carries forward an oil-making tradition rooted in the Middle Ages.
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Location
Fattoria di Volmiano is already on our map, with its own mark among the other certified businesses of the area: here you can look at it up close.
Enter the mapIn the making · How we work
Beneath the villa operates a traditional cold-press mill with stone millstones and fiscoli. The olive paste is laid onto the fiscoli, stacked and then pressed to extract the organic, natural, unfiltered oil. A robot integrated into the process eases the work of the millers without altering the method.
The second system also works cold, with vertical kneading machines, a decanter and oxygen depression. The two mills produce two distinct types of oil, both stored in steel silos under nitrogen to prevent oxidation.
During the milling season, in November and December, the estate organises mill visits with oil tasting accompanied by samples of Tuscan products. Visits take place by booking only.
Prodotti e servizi
Services and features
Cold-extracted using the traditional pressing method, organic, unfiltered, with a deep green colour and fruity aroma, stored under nitrogen in steel silos.
Produced in the modern cold-press mill with oxygen depression, this is the estate's second high-quality oil.
A label of extra virgin olive oil produced by the estate, mentioned directly by visitors to the farm.
Protected geographical indication oil expressing the character of the 2020 harvest, grown on steeply sloping land ranging from rocky uplands to clay valleys.
During the milling season in November and December, mill tours with oil tasting and samples of Tuscan products, by booking only.
Walks through private areas of the hunting estate along ancient trails among the olive groves and woods of Monte Morello, with a guide, a tasting at the mill or a picnic, available year-round by booking, except in winter.
The proof
What visitors say
«I tasted their Laudemio and was blown away! I went to the estate and they gave me a short tour, showing me how the new mill works, a bit of the family's history and finally an oil tasting! The owner Lapo and Salvatore were very kind and welcoming. I recommend it to»
«Without any doubt, the best oil in Tuscany...»
«The beautiful Fattoria di Volmiano, built on top of a hill at the foot of Monte Morello, surrounded by oak woods where hunting and mushroom picking take place under the estate's own supervision.»
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