The company of the Earl Spagnoletti Zeuli has ancient roots, which date back to before 1600.
In the heart of the countryside surrounding Castel del Monte, the Earl of Andria, with a modern entrepreneurial verve and investments in technology and research, dedicates to vines and olive trees an authentic worship.
The agricultural company of Conte Spagnoletti Zeuli products DOC Castel del Monte Wines (Nero di Troia, Montepulciano, Aglianico, Bombino, Pampanuto etc.) and IGT Murgia (Fiano), DOP Terra di Bari subzone Castel del Monte extra virgin olive oil and 100% Italian extra virgin olive oil.
San Domenico and Zagaria are the two estates of the agricultural company of the Earl Spagnoletti Zeuli, in total almost 400 hectares in Agro di Andria, in the province of Bari. Most are dedicated to the cultivation of olive trees, while the foothills are destined to vineyards cultivated in rows of Bombino Nero di Montepulciano and Troia, grape varieties from which the Castel del Monte, glory of the local oenology, is made.
Fostered by a calcareous soil and a mild climate, dry and sunny even in winter, the culture of olive tree growing is practiced with the typical “vaso impalcato” system, with plants 3 to 5 meters high, emptied in the middle, as dictated by the local tradition established in the centuries. They breed, in this way, olives of Coratina and Cima di Bitonto types, the pride of the production typical of the northern area of the province of Bari, that through a clever processing of olives give an oil of great value and excellent organoleptic qualities.
The company has recently designed 6 hectares to experimental nurseries for the adaptation of Leccino and Frantoio, with monocone cultivation: a method that facilitates pruning and mechanical harvesting.
All olive groves are backed by drop irrigation plants, able to relieve each plant with 16 liters of water per hour.
