The first time my dad took me to an oil mill, I was amazed by the intense and intoxicating scent ... I realized that one day I would do the same.
It was love right away
The first time my dad took me to an oil mill, I was amazed by the intense and intoxicating scent.
I was immediately attracted by that large stone that rotated and crushed the olives.
Green gold, Dad called him, and that was it.
I met the miller, he shook my hand, I never felt soft hands like those again. I realized that one day I would do the same.
From tradition to innovation
A dream, a project of our dear father started in 1993, today a reality in the Sicilian territory, not simply olive oil but organic artisan extra virgin olive oil.
The Bio Agliata Oil Mill was born in the San Martino district of Caltanissetta, in the heart of Sicily, within a vast protected natural area of the Southern Imera.
The olive plant today has over 70 hectares with over 20,000 olive groves and a latest generation oil mill.
Respecting natural processes, the olive tree becomes a sculpture, anchored on the ground whose roots extend luxuriantly to assimilate the nutrients necessary to feed the foliar system and the drupes.
The set of plant characteristics and the ideal microclimate of the place located at 350 meters above sea level together with solar radiation, the wind that moves the leaf system, the nocturnal temperature range favored by the Salso river, create a complex system that returns optimal drupes which, harvested by hand, are entrusted on the same day to the wisdom of the oil master, in the company oil mill.
Sicilian cultivars
The cultivars we have chosen are the autochthonous ones of the Sicilian hinterland.
The Biancolilla cultivar differs from the others for the change in color of the fruit, from the round shape, at the time of ripening.
Nocellara Etnea, typical of central-eastern Sicily, is characterized by the oblong shape of the fruit. It uses Biancolilla and Moresca as pollinators.
The Classico, a blend expertly prepared by our oil master, of various cultivars Nocellara Etnea, Biancolilla, Carolea, Giarraffa and Moresca.
