ORGANIC PRODUCERS OF EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL

Collana Verde is situated in an area of outstanding natural beauty, on the volcanic mountain slopes of the Campania region in the South of Italy - overlooking the Tyrrhenian Sea. Our terraced olive groves have a heritage that goes back over a thousand years. As you stand amongst these noble trees overlooking the valley some 400 metres below, it’s easy to understand why.

Set on six hectares of land in the company of chestnut, walnut, fig, cherry and oak trees, we grow local olive varieties and most of our trees are a few hundred years old.  The setting is truly idyllic and coupled with low intensity, time honoured organic production techniques, the local flora and fauna thrive.

The organic design of the olive grove has remained unchanged for hundreds of years, giving the trees the generous space they need to absorb nutrients and light. This, combined with the rich volcanic soil, our high altitude and our Mediterranean climate, creates perfect conditions to produce the finest olive oil.

We pick the olives early in the harvest season and they are cold pressed on the same day they are picked. This allows us to produce an olive oil with a distinctive low acidity and rich in polyphenols (antioxidants).

our olive varieties

We only grow local olive varieties which makes them thrive in their native environment

Itrana

Intensely fruity, slightly bitter and spicy flavour, notes of green tomato and artichoke

Frantoiana

Fruity with a marked fresh almond and and light flavour of grass and artichoke

leccina

Intensely fruity, with almond scent and light grass and artichoke flavour

cicinella sessana

Light and fruity