Olive oils from the Calabria region are rare to be found outside Italy due to the fact that there are no big mills and their olives tend to have a lower yield, but at Italyabroad.com we are all about small, independent producers and this is a multi award winning organic extra virgin olive oil made with Coratina and Carolea, two native olive varieties, grown in olive groves in hills facing the Ionian Sea, manually harvested.
This intense fruity organic extra virgin olive oil has a very low acidity, a nose with tomatoes and an harmonic palate, hence its name, perfect for grilled meat and flavourful dishes.
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Frantoio Converso is a family olive grower and mill located in Rossano, Calabria, an enchanting town located between the Ionian Sea and the hills, an area where olive growing goes back to centuries and it is in this context that the Converso family has been growing olives since 1800.
Calabria olive oil is little known outside Italy, due to their relatively limited production compared to Sicily and Apulia mainly, but the oil made from the Frantoio Converso, produced in a very modern mill, and obtained pressing organically grown olives grown in their olive groves are something of unique for all lovers of high quality extra virgin olive oils.
The Converso family is involved in all stages, from harvesting to packaging and their oils are made using native Calabrian olive varieties resulting in different oils suited for different uses. Great organic Calabria extra virgin olive oils.