The great names of the Italian olive come from Tuscany or Puglia. The variety in question here comes from neither region. It is called Dolce di Rossano and grows almost only where we are at home — in the hills around Rossano, on the Ionian coast of Calabria.
“Dolce”, the sweet one, it is called for its mild, rounded character. It is a variety you will scarcely find outside Calabria.
The voice of Nobile
From the Dolce di Rossano we press our balanced, versatile Nobile — single-variety, never blended. Mild does not mean quiet: 344 mg/kg of polyphenols, lab-confirmed.
Its bold counterpart, the Intenso, comes from a second variety: early-picked, green Coratina. The same place, two varieties, two signatures.
Why so rare?
Calabria was for decades the quiet olive-oil region of Italy — much volume, little name, a large part of it going anonymously into the blend. Varieties like the Dolce di Rossano stayed under the radar as a result.
We think this undeserved. What grows here has a voice of its own. We only give it the bottle to go with it.