Today Gonnelli directly oversees approximately 48.000 olive trees located between Florence and Siena. The altitude, exposure to the sun and a welldrained soil are important elements for the final quality of the oil and, as such, Gonnelli considers these elements for the selection of its plants. We are increasingly seeing the abandonment of olive groves, due to poor profit margins and the high costs of management, which are difficult to sustain for pure hobby or passion; as a result, certain olive groves, rented by the Gonnelli farm, require major drainage activity and care and it often takes a few years before the olive grove becomes fertile.

All the olive groves of the farm are managed in accordance with the regulations in force to Organic Farming without the use of pesticides of fertilizers. The 48.000 olive plants, followed and cultivated by the Piero Gonnelli farm, are of different cultivars, though all tipically Tuscan. Thanks to this variety and the wise decision to collect the olives at different ripening times, starting with the greenest, various types of oils are obtained that are distinguishable and differ in flavour and aromas.