At the Casalvento Laboratories we have a custom production of absolute and concretes adjacent to the Casalvento distillery. Absolutes are highly concentrated aromatic extracts obtained through solvent extraction. Completely different from an essential oil, they have a much deeper and more natural aromatic profile. Simply put: the botanical is macerated in the extraction solvent, which […]
The alchemies of the third millennium are described by modern acronyms for widely differing production processes: WD, HD, SD for the well-known steam extraction. Other acronyms indicate more complex extraction processes: RPD, IPD, TD, HyD, DryD, SE, ASE, MAE, PLE, OHE, SWE, FD, SFE CO2….. Over the last 50 years, chemical engineers have developed just […]
From 1962 onwards, scientific rigor was applied to production, giving rise to Casalvento Laboratories. Giovanni Domini, a professor at the University of Siena, published an experimental study using gas chromatographic analysis of essential oils, correlating distillation with the balsamic properties of Lavandula Angustifolia grown in Casalvento. This milestone marked the beginning of our scientific evolution. […]
with the new millennium everything has changed: we implement significant restructuring measures that boost productivity. Vineyards are uprooted and replanted, olive groves are expanded, and aromatic plant crops are reorganized according to advanced technical criteria. We design and build new distillation systems, and establish a new nursery… all without interrupting production and sales. We enhance […]
