Tenuta i Bonsi near Reggello, southeast of Florence, has been in the Budini-Gattai family since the 19th century. Leopoldo Gattai was a successful construction entrepreneur who gained significant wealth around the Italian unification when Florence was briefly the Italian capital. He invested in agriculture, purchasing I Bonsi and several other large Tuscan estates. Today the Budini-Gattai family farms over 380 hectares, of which 140 are olive groves. Over twothirds of these olive trees are the Frantoio variety, with the rest predominantly Moraiolo plus a small amount of Leccino.
The olive harvest is carried out by hand, and the olives are cold-pressed just hours after picking in the farm’s modern olive press. Particular attention is given to acidity, which is consistently maintained below 0.2 percent (well under the 0.8 per cent Extra Virgin Olive Oil limit). The oil is then settled in a combination of 200-year-old terracotta Orci and stainless steel before being bottled after a light filtration.
Olive Varieties: 70% Frantoio, 20% Moraiolo, 10% Leccino
This Extra Virgin Olive Oil is intense fruity and savoury with notes of artichoke and a pleasant spicy aftertaste.70%
