variety: 100% favolosa

classification of the oil: superior quality extra-virgin olive oil

first produced: 2002

average number of bottles per year: 500,000

areas produced: Castelbuono

name of olive grove: Piana Grande, Conca d’Oro, Moro, Laparia, Piano Palumba, Uliveto di Mezzo and Cozzo Tornisìa, Cozzo Mocciaro, Alastro, Pagliera

year planted: August 2000 and September 2002

yield per hectare: 30,000 kg/30 kg plants

altimetry of the olive grove: 200/320 metres

cultivation system: on espaliers with each plant grown on a central leader

density of plantation: 1,000 plants per hectare

harvesting time: 15 October – 15 November

milling: within twelve hours of picking with a continuous flow, integral cold pressing plant. Defoliation and automatic washing of the olives, the crushing, with a low speed, double grill and the stirring at low oxygen levels, the two-phase centrifugal separation, without adding water. A period in the decanter to settle and refine the oil in oxygen-free stainless steel tanks under inert gas

settling equipment: the oil settling and refining is done in 50 hl stainless steel tanks

settling time in decanter: 30 days, under inert gas

conservation temperature: 15° - 18°C

filtering : by double layer membrane with a mirrored asymmetric pore structure, which provides graded filtration without adversely affecting desirable characteristics

period and modalities of bottling: within the first fifteen days of December after natural settling/within fifteen days of production by filtering. Inert gas insufflation to eliminate the oxygen in the space in the neck of the bottle

acidity levels (*): 0,1

number of peroxides (*): 7 meq 02/kg

spectrophotometric values (*): k 232=1,74; k 270=0,11; ∆k=0

shelf life: 18 months after bottling

(*)  values indicated are subject to variation depending on the year produced