Made from olives of the Correggiolo, Moraiolo, Leccino and Pendolino varieties harvested by hand and pressed in the company's modern oil mill, 'Il Velato' has a typical bitter taste.
Harvest 2022
PRODUCTION AREA Olive groves of San Felice (Castelnuovo Berardenga - Siena) at 350/400 m. (asl)
OLIVE PLANTS 16,000 of which 5,400 in specialized olive grove
VARIETY Frantoio 50%, Moraiolo 25%, Leccino 25%.
HARVEST-FRANGLING-EXTRACTION Harvesting takes place from November 1 to 30 and is done manually, by combing the fronds with traditional "rakes" the crushing process takes place within the day of harvest through a mechanical hammer process followed by extraction by means of centrifugal paste processing at low temperature . Filtering is absent.
CONSERVATION The oil, after a few days of decanting in small 10 Hl stainless steel containers, is bottled and placed on the market.
ACIDITY 0.40%.
PEROXIDES 450 meqO2/kg