see your cinque colli olive oil in the making
I had the great pleasure of participating in the start of Cinque Colli's fall harvest. This is a labor of love and precision, both in the grove and at the mill. Check out my experience below! I will have it for sale on terrabaci very soon.
In the field
Moresca harvest
You wont find this varietal in your bottle, but I wanted to show you what a machine harvest looks like. This is an electric comb that you can use to remove olives from its branches.
olive tree shaker
This high frequency vibrating machine shakes the tree by wrapping around the trunk and shaking it vigorously. The olives fall off and are captured by the nets.
tonda iblea hand harvest
The beautiful olives in your bottles are always hand harvested to protect them from bruising and damage, which protects their unique flavor profile.
taking up the nets
Once the trees have been liberated of their fruit, the nets are gathered up and the fruit is collected. Next stop is the frantoio, the olive mill.
Frantoi cutrera
Sebastiano processes his olives at the famed Frantoi Cutrera, with its state of the art facility, in the heart of the tonda iblea territory of Chiaramonte Gulfi. The Pieralisi machinery is the most innovative and technological in the world, giving the highest level extraction.
clean and pure
After being washed, the machine separates out twigs, stones, leaves and any other impurities so that only olives make it into your bottles.
one more rinse
last stop before slicing
malaxing
After being cut up, they are moved into a crusher where an olive paste is created. In the malaxer, the paste is slowly and continuously kneaded.
after the centrifuge
The Leopard centrifugal extractor not only has an outlet flow for the oil, but also separates the pulp from the pomace. The pomace, pits and vegetation waters are reused as fuel, fertilizer and supplementation for animal feed and biomass.
Cinque colli 2024 tonda iblea
From the hardworking harvester's hands in the grove to this delectible liquid gold! All in a day's work.
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