Tuscan red wine DOC
Maria Teresa Merlot

Maria Teresa Merlot Red Wine DOC
Lucchese Hills
Vintage 2007
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Tuscan red wine IGT
Maria Teresa Urlo di Lupo

Maria Teresa Urlo di Lupo
Denomination IGT Toscana Rosso
Vintage 2010
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Maria Teresa Cabernet “Fattoria Bernicchi”

Maria Teresa Cabernet “Fattoria Bernicchi”
Denomination Cabernet IGT Toscana
Vintage 2006
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Chardonnay IGT Toscana Tenuta Maria Teresa “Leudo” white wine

Denomination Chardonnay IGT Toscana
Vintage 2010
Tenuta Maria Teresa, Lucchese Hills
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Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil DOP - LUCCA

OLIO EXTRA VERGINE DI OLIVA LUCCA DOP
Extra Virgin Olive Oil. Olives grown on the estate are picked by hand and cold-pressed.
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Honey

'Le Pergole' - Le Pergole, Chestnut Honey - Linden Honey - Melata (Honeydew) - Acacia
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Chestnut Honey

It is only from wild varieties of the chestnut that honey is obtained. The bees collect the pollen from the male flowers, which are so rich in pollen that the wind is the main agent of pollination.
Thus chestnut honey is very rich in pollen, which gives it a very strong flavour.
It is also very rich in tannin. It is produced all over Italy, from the Alpes to Sicily.
Colour: dark
Aroma: pungent
Crystallisation: very slow when pure, or when blended with acacia honey; when it is blended with the honey of forest or meadow flowers, the crystals are coarse and compact

Because of its dark appearance it may be confused with melata (honeydew) honey, from which it can be distinguished by its characteristic aroma and its spicy and sometimes rather bitter flavour.
Mixed in even modest quantities with light honey it loses its dark colour. It is pleasant when diluted or mixed in small quantities with pale honey.
It is extracted by natural methods, and is unprocessed.

Linden Honey

It is produced in lime woods in the month of June.
Colour: pale amber, often with grey-green tones
Flavour: rather heavy, penetrating and persistent, slightly rasping in the throat
Aroma: delicate, but characteristic of the flowers
Crystallisation: for the most part slow and irregular; often forming large crystals

This honey is particularly good for hot expectorant tisanes and efficacious in treating colds.
It is extracted by natural methods and is unprocessed.

Melata (Honeydew)

A dark coloured resin honey with a strong flavour, rich in minerals and with a high acidity level.
It is extracted by natural methods and is unprocessed.

Acacia

The best known is from the forests of old trees in the subalpine zones of Piedmont and Lombardy, but it is to some extent produced everywhere: in any area where the trees, no longer pruned every three years, age and bear nectar.
Colour: translucent white
Flavour: light and delicate, recalling the sweetness of ripe fruit
Aroma: light and fleeting, like the perfume of the lime flowers
Crystallisation: very slow, even after two years; a white paste forms, firm but not hard; the crystals are rather opaque and easily dissolved.

According to the popular pharmacopea it has strengthening properties. It detoxifies the liver, is anti-inflammatory for the throat and slightly laxative.
This honey is much sought after for its delicate, uncloying taste. It sweetens without altering flavours or aromas. It does not make tisanes cloudy.
It is extracted by natural methods and and is unprocessed.