In the "Poggio Oliveto" farm guests can visit the cultivations
or actively take part in the country life, with all
its rhythms and seasons: the grape-harvesting, the olives
picking, the maturing of strawberries and melons.
The farmstead extends for 115 ha including: 40 hectares
of olive grove, 24 hectares of walnut orchard, 10 hectares
of fit for seed land and 5 hectares of land allocated
to the garden centres and to the greenhouses for the
horticultural production. The remaining hectares are
made up by Mediterranean scrub and a coppice in which
cork-oars are dominant.
Another genuine and of high standard quality product
is the "Poggio Oliveto" olive oil: it is obtained from
the cold pressing (carried out with the typical millstone)
of Moraiolo, Leccino and Correggiolo olives, all coming
from the olive grows of the hills overlooking the "Maremma
grossetana".
The particular kind of "cultivar", the drawing technique,
the natural separating process without filtering, create
a dull- coloured, pale green oil with yellow glints,
defined by a medium scent with grass-like smell and
a fruity flavour reminding tomato and almond: a very
high quality product meant for a few connoisseurs. Inside
the firm there is a comfortable room where it is possible
to taste and buy the typical products of the farm.
