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Santa Téa's Laudemio is a unique emerald-green and robust extra virgin olive oil. The aromas display strong scents of fresh olive notes. The palate is remarkably harmonious and elegant with a distinctive sensation of fresly picked olives and tomatoes. Beautiful long-lasting fruitiness. produced in very limited quantities.
Santa Téa belongs to the Gonnelli family since the 16th century in Tuscany. Today Gonnelli directly oversees approximately 43.000 olive trees located between Florence and Siena. All the olive groves of the farm are managed in accordance with the regulations in force to Organic Farming without the use of pesticides of fertilizers.
What does Laudemio mean?
In the Middle Ages 'laudemio' was the flower of the harvest, the part destined for the lord’s table. Today Laudemio is a collective of twenty one estates exclusively from Tuscany. It all started after the terrible frosts in Tuscany in 1985 when 90% of olive trees were killed. A team of forward-thinking olive growers, signed an agreement to guarantee the quality and provenance of their estate oils, and relaunch the Tuscan olive oil production by focusing on excellence, not quantity. This pact is based on strict rules and quality control. History, tradition, respect for the terroir and the environment are the principles guiding the whole Laudemio production process, from the management of the olive orchards to the selective harvesting of the fruit at its perfect stage of ripening, from the crushing of the olives to the mixing and rigorously cold extraction, right up to the bottling and careful storage of the oil. Special control bodies and two very strict tasting committees make the final selection: only the best extra virgin olive oil from the best producers will be able to boast the noble and sought-after Laudemio trademark.
