Family scent
Wine and oil have always been my family’s biggest passion. After a break of several years, the company was reopened in the eighties for my and my husband's will and today we continue to work thanks to our four daughters. We started with the biological cultivation, aware that the new beginning should take place in the name of quality, then we switched to biodynamic in 2014.
We could write here about Steiner, about anthroposophy or about preparations and much more but we prefer that our products speak for us, with their taste they will tell you about our work and our love for this land.
We could write here about Steiner, about anthroposophy or about preparations and much more but we prefer that our products speak for us, with their taste they will tell you about our work and our love for this land.
OUR LAND
The Maradei company is located between the ancient villages of Saracena, Firmo and Lungro, in the area between the Pollino Natiol Park and the land of Sybaris. This territory, full of traditions and contradictions, whit is culture and its uncontaminated nature is best espresse in the cultivation of olive trees and vines. Combining tradition and innovation, we produce an excellent extra virgin olive oil and fine natural wines in our old family cellar, located in the heart of the arabic historical center of Saracena. All our products are certified organic and the biodynamic conversion in in progress.
OUR OILS
Our 15 hectares of olive grove embrace approx. 3000 olive trees where the predominant cultivars are Cassanese and Roggianolella followed by Carolea, Frantoio Nocellara Messinese and Foresana.
The perfect microclimate that characterises the high hills allows us to treat our plants with non-invasive procedures and effectively pursue our business philosophy: no direct treatment on the plant, soft pruning, and targeted work on the ground. Furthermore, by respecting the veraison times of the different cultivars and carrying out the harvest using electric olive harvesters, we are proud to obtain a tasty extra virgin olive oil that is exclusively organic. The production process then continues through cold pressing on a 2-phase continuous cycle mill while the olive oil obtained is then stored in stainless steel tanks and periodically decanted.
