Campania · Benevento

Olio extravergine di oliva Sannio colline beneventane

Tomato-ripe, herbal, yellow-green, bitter and peppery with long hill-country balance.

Geo AMethod Olives are hand-picked, transported carefully, stored in perforated crates under low-humidity/low-temperature conditions and milled within two days.

Publication note

Published as a product profile: validated sources do not fully document ingredients and/or method details.

What it is

Extra-virgin olive oil from the Benevento hills, yellow-green, herbal, tomato-scented, harmonious, bitter and peppery.

Origin place card

A wide Benevento olive territory of 52 comuni, moving from high Tammaro and Fortore hills through Calore plain toward Taburno and Partenio.

Verified history

Historical depth remains limited; the direct-read source supports identity/core product description but not deeper archival history.

Ingredients

Ingredients not fully documented in validated sources.

Method

Method/process not fully documented in validated sources.

Why travel for it

A route page for Benevento oil: Tammaro, Fortore, Calore, Taburno and Partenio as edible geography.

Recreate-it pathway

Use as oil pairing and travel page; do not convert into a recipe.

Fieldwork questions

Which museums hold the referenced finds? Which frantoi still produce from mostly Ortice?

Photo brief

Olive groves on Taburno slopes, perforated harvest crates, fresh oil in tasting glasses.