Why we created our own mill?
In 2003 the Nencioni family decided to create their own company olive oil mill.
The reasons that led to this choice are both historical and technical: Giuliano Nencioni, Andrea's father, had a long working experience as a miller, exercised with such passion that he wanted to create a mill of his own. The experience gained has led to the choice of oil machinery and precise extraction techniques, which guarantee an excellent olive oil quality.
The Mill
The Poggio a’ Monti company owns 4000 olive trees cultivated over 15 hectares of land, including olive groves with an environmental historical character that have been present on the land for more than 100 years. The cultivated varieties are typical of the area and selected for adaptation to this environment over the centuries. Among the main ones: Moraiolo, Frantoio, Leccino, Leccino del Corno, Maurino and Pendolino.
The olives are harvested at the right degree of ripeness and processed within a few hours of harvesting in the company-owned oil mill.
The mill was born in 2003 and is made up of Officine Meccaniche Toscane machines and uses the best technologies derived from research to obtain very high quality extra virgin olive oil.
The extraction process is cold and allows all the best chemical and organoleptic characteristics contained in the olive to be transferred to the oil, including the part of the polyphenols and the antioxidant substances, linked to health, of which the carefully extracted oil is rich.
We believe it's important to educate people to know that oils are not all the same: good and healty oil is only cold-pressed extra virgin olive oil.
