Oliena · Barbagia

Apiario di Oliena

Luigi of the Supramonte · Family hives

Corbezzolo — the strawberry tree — flowers when the rest of the island has gone quiet. Bees work a scarce nectar on the limestone of Oliena, and the honey that follows is famous for refusing to be sweet. First a floral note, then a clean bitterness, like walnut skin and smoke. A few hundred kilos in a good year. In a poor one, almost none.

How it is made

1. 01Hives set on the autumn corbezzolo slopes
2. 02Harvest only when the flow is true
3. 03Raw extraction — no heat, no blend
4. 04Jarred in the valley below the Supramonte