Olive oil producers Corse-Du-Sud

A very nice cellar in the middle of the village of Sainte-Lucie-de-Tallano behind the church where Jacques will make you taste the fruit of his work-passion declined in different products: olive oil PDO in two versions, extra fruity and sweet according to the maturity of collection as well as a homemade olive paste with no other ingredient than olives. Presented in different forms and containers, this is an opportunity to treat yourself to a health food par excellence!

The estate is spread over the hillsides of the commune of Sari-d'Orcino, where it combines the production of centuries-old orchards with that of a young plantation, which bears the name of a Romanesque chapel overlooking the Cinarca valley: San Ghjuvà (hence the name of its oil). Certified PDO Oliu di Corsica, it is the result of a blend of ghjermana and sabina, which give it subtle and complex flavours, herbaceous and fruity, to which is added the effect of the aromatic presence of the surrounding maquis and the influence of the nearby Mediterranean Sea.

Alain Brunelli discovered about 550 multi-centenary olive trees lost in the middle of the scrub. After several months of effort to restore them, he began their exploitation in the 1990s. Two single variety oils are produced on the estate: the PDO Oliu di Corsica and the Oliu d'Aliva. They are both made from the zinzala, a small olive typical of the Mediterranean region and very fragrant. Fabienne took over the farm 9 years ago after her husband's death, thus perpetuating his know-how.

Paul Dominique, a native of Sainte-Lucie-de-Tallano, is successfully entering his fourth year of local olive oil production. Produced from the Germaine olive variety of the Alta Rocca, he produces a single oil, La Tallanaise, which is very mild because the olives are picked naturally at maturity and only by mechanical means. His store also sells canistrelli, terrine, honey, charcuterie, cheese, jam, liqueurs and soaps made with his oil. Bravo!