RARE OILS
RARE OILS - THE PRECIOUS ESSENCE OF THE LUCAN LAND
There is a point from which we started, and it is the same one to which we always want to return:
to save the ancient beauty of native varieties and transform it into a unique, authentic, unrepeatable taste experience.
From this vision was born our collection of Extra Virgin Olive Oils from rare varieties, obtained from cultivars at risk of extinction and potentially rustic.
Not just any oil, but a liquid tale of biodiversity, aromas, passion, and time.
A JOURNEY TO THE HEART OF BASILICATA
We are in Acerenza, a Lucanian village suspended between the sky and the high hills, where centuries-old olive trees breathe the thin mountain air and sink their roots into stony soil as strong as their history.
Here we preserve three extraordinary cultivars—Acerenza, Racioppa, and Cannellina—all listed as endangered varieties. We have recovered, cared for, and brought them back to life, to restore dignity and a voice to a disappearing agricultural heritage.
Every drop of our oils tells the story of this rebirth.
RARITY AS A VALUE CHOICE
Producing oil from rare varieties means challenging the logic of quantity to embrace the purity of quality.
The Acerenza cultivar, in particular, is unique to this area: in its native range, where the plants thrive according to their own natural rhythms. It's a low-yielding variety and subject to alternation, an unpredictability that makes it even more precious, vibrant, and authentic. The oil yield is low because we harvest the olives early, when they're still green and rich in aromas and polyphenols.
The result? An intense, vibrant, and fragrant oil that captures all the power of nature and the mastery of human craftsmanship.
WHERE TRADITION MEETS EXCELLENCE
The harvest is done by hand, with respect and dedication. The olive groves are located on steep slopes, sometimes at the limit of practicability, in places where mechanization does not reach: here everything is still done as it once was, slowly and carefully.
Many of our trees are over 500 years old: silent witnesses to generations of olive growers who have preserved this knowledge.
Our iconic oils are born from these majestic trees:
Acherolio Millennium and Acherolio, both single-varietal Acerenza olives, are excellent products born from the combination of ancient tradition and modern technology.
OUR CHALLENGE, OUR SOUL
We chose the most difficult path: reproducing the plants from suckers, not grafts, to keep the mother plant's DNA intact and, above all, maintain the cultivar's resistance right from their root system.
A long journey, begun in 2012, which has allowed us to preserve the rusticity, strength, and original identity of the variety.
While modern agriculture pursues efficiency over quantity, we have chosen the rhythm of nature, believing that the old can express itself best thanks to today's knowledge.
Because only in this way can an oil be created that is not simply excellent, but authentically extraordinary.
A NATURAL LUXURY, TO BE LIVED AND ENJOYED
Our rare oils are unobtainable, genuinely territorial, deeply identifying.
Producing them means saving a part of Italian history, protecting biodiversity, and offering the world a sensory experience that speaks of roots, elegance, and truth.
Each bottle is a fragment of territory, a promise of excellence, a gesture of love towards the land.
Because for us, true luxury is not abundance, but the rarity of the authentic.
