Discover Sandalia in San Sperate, southern Sardinia: a producer focused on native Bosana and Semidana olives, careful harvesting, precise extraction and protected storage.
Sandalia was created in San Sperate from family olive-growing roots. Its work centres on native Sardinian cultivars, harvesting at the right stage of ripeness, rapid milling, filtered oil, protected storage and bottling to order.
Sandalia harvests as the olives begin to change colour, when freshness and aromatic character can still be protected. The fruit is gathered carefully, kept ventilated and taken for milling within 12 hours. Cleaning, leaf removal and washing happen before crushing so the process starts with sound, fresh olives.
Each cultivar is milled with its own extraction settings. The process stays below 25°C, then the oil is filtered and transferred to stainless-steel tanks under nitrogen to limit oxygen contact. Sandalia keeps the storage rooms cool and bottles to order, helping preserve flavour, aroma and stability.
Bosana is Sandalia’s more forceful monocultivar. Expect an intense green fruitiness with impressions of tomato, artichoke, freshly cut grass and aromatic herbs. Bitterness and pepperiness are persistent, making it a natural match for red meat, legume soups, bruschetta, salads and raw finishing.
Semidana has a moderately intense profile. Its character combines fresh-cut grass, green tomato, fresh olive and light floral notes, with measured bitterness and pepperiness. That balance makes it useful across medium and fuller dishes without overwhelming the food.
The final collection brings the two native cultivars together with Sandalia’s balanced Bosema blend and gift formats. The result is not a generic range, but a clear expression of southern Sardinia, its olive-growing culture and a producer focused on careful handling from grove to bottle.
We chose Sandalia because its oils show the qualities we want to represent in the UK: a clear Sardinian identity, native cultivars with distinct personalities, careful handling after harvest and a production approach designed to protect freshness rather than standardise flavour.
For us, Bosana and Semidana are especially valuable because they let customers compare two different expressions of Sardinia side by side. Read our detailed guide to Bosana extra virgin olive oil or explore the Sandalia range in our shop.
Recognition published by Sandalia for its producer collection; individual bottle awards are not specified.
Berlin GOOA 2025 · Elite / High Polyphenols / Quality
Gambero Rosso · Oli d’Italia 2025
Bibenda 2025 · Quattro Gocce
Slow Food Presidio · 2025Sandalia · official recognition · 02 October 2026
Sandalia — native Sardinian extra virgin olive oils