 Our 300 olive-trees produce olives of rare quality and beauty.
The olive includes in its shape the charm of the generosity : it is an
austere plant that anchor to the land with pride but it never asks for
anything. Very little are the care of the farmer for the plant, nevertheless it
overloads with olives which give an oil green like a field in
springtime. What to say about its frangrance ? The extra virgin olive oil of ORTAGLIA
seems to be more suitable for the body than for the mouth. ! Besides, also the ancient Romans used to sprinkle their body with extra
virgin olive oil to make the skin smooth and shining. We anyway prefer it on a slice of tuscan bread, better if it was just taken
out of the ancient wood-burning oven of our farmhouse.
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 More conceited but equally generous is the VINE ! This wild plant is hard
to tame and the farmer never can lose sight of it : it needs a lot of care
and love if you want to get grapes of great quality. So it is that you make
a great wine: a wine that you must call NOBILE = NOBLE ! The VINO NOBILE
DI MONTEPULCIANO. In fact the legend claims that Lorenzo il Magnifico,
visiting in Montepulciano the humanist poet and preceptor of his sons, the
Poliziano, tasting the wine he offered, stated : "This wine is for NOBLE
palates".
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