Bassela
Bassela
The Land of the Poet
Your EVOO is From...
Bassela (The Bridge)
Bassela, meaning bridge in the Sardinian language, is home to some of the oldest olive trees in our town Villacidro. Many of these trees are over a thousand years old, growing on steep, untouched terrain that has remained largely unchanged for centuries.
The land was once owned by the famous Sardinian writer Giuseppe Dessì, who set his novel Paese d’Ombre in Villacidro and drew inspiration directly from this grove. Today, we care for more than 200 olive trees throughout Bassela.
The combination of elevation and soil structure creates ideal conditions for slow-growing olives with concentrated flavor. The oil produced from these trees is naturally robust and deeply expressive of the land it comes from.
Giuseppe Dessì
Poet & Previous Owner of Bassela
"The boy walked in the silent olive grove, and as he walked he counted the olive trees. Seen from the street, they all looked the same; now instead, for the first time, he realized that they were different: each one had a particular physiognomy, like people."
-Excerpt from "Paese D'ombre"
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