AZIENDA
“Olio Claudio” is the excellent olive oil produced and bottled in the oil mill “Azienda Agricola Barbano de Pascalis” olive oil producers since 1742.
STORY
Giuseppe de Pascalis, born in Vernole in the early 1700s from a family of landowners. After a degree in law at the University of Naples, returned in his motherland as a Judge and set up the “Azienda Agricola de Pascalis”.
This company, now called “Azienda Agricola de Pascalis Orlandi Barbano”, was born after seven of farmers and olive growers. Today it is managed by Raffaele Orlandi Barbano.
THE COMPANY
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In its olive groves, which cover about 300 hectares in Vernole, Castrì and Carpignano Salentino, you can find different variety: “Ogliarola leccese”, “Cellina di Nardò” and “Leccino”. The olive groves are almost entirely irrigated, they are pruned every two years, olives are handpicked and then using mechanical tools which prevent olives from falling as to guarantee a quality product without any defect due to the old methods. The olives are brought to the modern oil mill, where they are processed the same day they are picked up. This prevents from the degradation of the product and guarantees a low acidity, the absence of defects of flavor and smell, the conservation of the intrinsic qualities of the olive oil famous for its richness in vitamins and antioxidant action. |
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The “Olio Claudio” is obtained from selected olives produced in its olive groves, more than 300 hectares in “Salento”, and pressed with care and devotion in the local oil mill. Genuineness is the most important characteristic of “Olio Claudio”, and it hides in its superfine flavor the care and the culture of an ancient-tradition ground where the olive oil has always been reason of proud.
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