The Mills · Croatia

8 estates in Croatia

Every Croatia estate we hold a page for — records, cultivars, and the ground each presses from.

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Brachia (Uje sister brand)

Brač, Dalmatia · Oblica

Ceramic-bottle EVOO, Premium glass line, Organic, flavoured

Chiavalon (OPG Chiavalon)

Vodnjan, Istria · Buža, Istarska bjelica, Karbonaca, Moražola, Rožinjola

Istra, Ex Albis, Romano, Atilio, Organic, Mlado

Maslinarska zadruga Lun

Lun, Pag · Grafted wild Lun population

Olive oil, olive-wood, fig products

Mate Olive Oil

Zambratija–Savudrija, Istria

Mate Trasparenza Marina

Meloto (OPG Belci)

Vodnjan, Istria · Buža, Rošinjola, Žižolera

Monovarietals incl. Meloto-Buža; 13 ha estate, founded 1992

OIO Vivo (Oleum Maris)

Pula–Vodnjan, Istria · Istarska bjelica, Rozinjola, Vodnjanska buža, Žižolera

Monovarietals; 60 ha / 15,000 trees; tasting room

OPG Garmica

island of Hvar · Levantinka; Oblica

Garmica Levantinka monovarietal

OPG Vlatković

Novigrad, Zadar County · Šoltanka, Coratina, Leccino, Chemlal on Oblica

Fortica EVOO (monovarietals and blends)

Protection on the ground

What the law says about the old trees

The statutes and schemes on record for Croatia's ancient olives — the legal floor under every catalogued tree a lot here names.

Croatia (general)Nature Protection Act NN 80/13…155/23 — 'spomenik prirode' category for heritage trees; Brijuni NP law OG 46/83

Lun, PagBotanical reserve / natural monument (23.6 ha); Lun etno-zone protected 1975; NOT on UNESCO tentative list

The catalogue list

Sale No. 1 opens 16 November

The catalogue goes to this list before it goes on the site. When the sale closes you get every hammer price from it — including the ones that disappointed.

Two emails. Then quiet until Sale No. 2.