ORIGIN / PRODUCTION ZONE

The agricultural company Ragameli born and operates in the volive sector by family experiences of old date. The extra virgin olive oil “FLAVUS” born in the area of Monte Lauro, the real heart of the Monti Iblei , from the olive groves that the family Pantano leads along the terraced hills of the contrade Sant’Andrea, San Lorenzo and Ragameliin territory of Buccheri. Thirty hectares in all, positioned between 500 and 600 meters of altitude, where are bred 5.000 plants, very many of its centuries old, of the variety Tonda Iblea. The olives are harvested manually in October, defoliated, selected and transfered immediately to the oil mill for the “molitura”. Is carried out withan extraction installation in two phases and continuos cycle.
Cultivar: Tonda Iblea
Harvesting period: November
Extraction: Continuos cycle 2 phases Sqeezing: To cold
Filtering: No
Yield: 9% – 10%
Storage: Steel silos saturated with nitrogen