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Category: Abruzzo

“September, let us go. It is time to migrate. Now in the land of the Abruzzi my shepherds leave the folds and journey towards the sea; they descend to the wild Adriatic, which is green like the mountain pastures.”

Gabriele D’Annunzio

Abruzzo is a small region in Central Italy, bordering Lazio (the region where Rome is located) to the west and the Adriatic sea to the east. Abruzzo is known to be “the greenest region in Europe”, as almost half of its area is set aside as national parks and protected nature reserves. Most of its territory is made up of mountains, such as the Gran Sasso (9,554 ft) with its Corno Grande, the highest peak of the Apennines, and Mount Majella (9,163 ft). Sandy beaches to the north and rocky ones to the south characterize the 130 km of Abruzzo coastline, which in 2019 collected a total of 10 Blue Flag certifications. Abruzzo hills are very characteristic, covered in vineyards and typical olive groves. The province of Chieti preserves the autochthonous olive variety of “Gentile di Chieti”; in Pescara, we can find the so-called “Gold Triangle” (Loreto Aprutino, Pianella e Moscufo cities), famous for the production of high-quality olive oils, and the cultivar “Dritta”; Teramo hills host Tortiglione, Castiglionese and Rustica olive trees. Frantoio, Moraiolo, Leccino, Cucco and Nebbio di Chieti are also widely cultivated around the region.
Abruzzo has 3 PDO: Aprutino Pescarese (Dritta, Leccino and Toccolana cultivars – 80% minimum of each EVOO composition), Colline Teatine (Gentile di Chieti, Leccino, Moraiolo, Nebbio; Frentano and Vastese can be added as well) and Pretuziano delle Colline Teramane (Leccino, Frantoio and Dritta 75% max; Tortiglione, Carboncella and Castiglionese 25%).

Writer Primo Levi defined Abruzzo and its people as “forti e gentili” (strong and gentle), a saying which soon became the region’s motto.

Mantegna – Frantoio Tini

Mantegna EVOO assures to the taste a perfect balance, along the thread of green vegetable notes - the basis of EVOO high quality - in the olfactory and gustatory analysis, but also the elegance and finesse of its bitterness and pungency

Caravaggio – Frantoio Tini

Caravaggio is bright green, and its complexity in flavour is captivating, The bitterness of Caravaggio fills up the mouth with all its elegance and complexity, while the pungency in the taste is a clear sign of the high presence of polyphenols.

Il Castiglionese – Masseria Erasmi

The name of this EVO oil derives from the typical Abruzzo cultivar of Castiglionese, whose presence is mainly limited to the Fino Abruzzo valley and whose taste is genuine, strong and kind just as the people of its region.