Tenuta del Barone di Montemurlo — Tuscan extra virgin olive oil
Buying olive oil direct from the grower: what changes
It is not only about price. It is that you know who to call if something is wrong, and you can ask when it was milled.
The real difference is time
Oil that passes through a middleman sits in a warehouse. That is not a disaster if it is well kept, but every extra month takes it further from the day it was milled — and oil, unlike wine, does not improve by waiting.
Buying from the grower usually means the current harvest. And it is entirely fair to ask, before ordering, when it was milled: someone who answers without hesitating knows because they were there.
What to ask
Where the trees are, who mills, and when. Three questions a real grower answers in one line and a reseller often cannot pass on.
If a site does not even say which town the olives grow in, that is an answer already.
What to expect on price
From the grower you pay what the product costs: it is not where you save, it is where you know what you are buying. In exchange there is no reseller margin, which on a short chain is the line that disappears.
Tins of three litres and up cost less per litre than bottles: people who use oil daily take those and decant into a small bottle for the kitchen.
How we ship
Bottles and tins travel in shock-proof packaging. Two to four working days within Italy, three to seven across the European Union, five to fifteen for the rest of the world. If anything arrives damaged, a photo within 48 hours is enough and we replace it.
Anyone living nearby can collect it at the estate, by appointment.
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