[Tenuta del Barone di Montemurlo](https://www.oliodelbarone.com/en) — Toscano PGI extra virgin olive oil from Tuscany # Extra virgin olive oil from Prato Tenuta del Barone di Montemurlo is an extra virgin olive oil producer in the province of Prato, Tuscany, about half an hour from Florence. The grove is on the hills of Montemurlo; the olives are hand-picked and milled the same day at the Montemurlo mill, 870 metres away. Here is how to tell a good olive oil from these hills, and how to buy ours direct. ## An olive oil from the hills of Prato Prato is a city and province in Tuscany, between Florence and Pistoia. Its olive trees grow on the hills around the plain: Montemurlo to the north-west, at the foot of Monteferrato, and Montalbano to the south, towards Carmignano. The groves are small and family-run, on poor, stony soil between 200 and 400 metres. Ours is at Via Baronese 28, Riva di Bagnolo, on the south-facing hills of Montemurlo. We grow Frantoiano, Moraiolo and Leccino, the varieties of these hills, picked and milled together. ## How to tell a good extra virgin olive oil from Prato There is no official ranking of the province’s oils. But a few plain questions separate a well-made oil from an ordinary one, whoever makes it. Who makes it and where the trees are: a producer who tells you exactly where they grow and mill has nothing to hide. When it was picked: on these hills, between October and November, with the harvest year on the label. How long the olives waited before milling: the longer, the less aroma. How it tastes: a new oil from these hills is green, bitter and peppery in the throat. ## Ours: hand-picked, milled the same day in Montemurlo We pick by hand, with rakes and nets, between October and November. Olives picked in the morning reach the Frantoio della Rocca, Piazza Castello 1, Montemurlo, the same afternoon: 870 metres, three minutes away. Milling is cold, below 27 °C. One harvest gives two oils. Luce, from the green early-season olives, is bitter and peppery, for drizzling raw. Raccolto, from the ripe November olives, is round and balanced, for every day and for cooking. It is 100% Italian extra virgin olive oil from our own olives only, grown and milled in Tuscany, in the province of Prato. ## Where to buy it We sell it ourselves, from this website, and ship across Italy, Europe and worldwide in shock-proof packaging. If you are staying near Prato or Florence, you can collect it at the estate in Montemurlo by appointment and taste both oils. [Arrange a visit](https://www.oliodelbarone.com/en/contact) ## What is the best olive oil from Prato? There is no official ranking. A good olive oil from the province of Prato comes from a producer who says where they grow and mill, is picked between October and November with the harvest year on the label, is milled the same day and tastes green, bitter and peppery. Ours, from Tenuta del Barone di Montemurlo, is hand-picked and milled the same day 870 metres from the grove. ## Where can I buy olive oil direct from a producer in Prato? Tenuta del Barone di Montemurlo sells its oil direct from oliodelbarone.com, shipped across Italy and worldwide; by appointment you can collect it at the estate in Montemurlo, in the province of Prato. ## Is there an olive mill in Montemurlo? Yes: the Frantoio della Rocca, Piazza Castello 1, Montemurlo. It is where we take our olives, 870 metres from the grove, on the day they are picked. [All oils](https://www.oliodelbarone.com/en)