Bottle photo
Crognale
A monovarietal of Crognalegno, a local Abruzzese cultivar grown almost nowhere else, from a family mill working since 1948 on the stony Caprafico plateau below the Maiella. Joint-thirteenth in the World’s Best Olive Oils 2025/26.
The facts
| Cultivar | 100% Crognalegno |
|---|---|
| Harvest | Producer lists the 2023/24 campaign; picked early |
| Polyphenols | Not published |
| Free acidity | Not published |
| Extraction | Picked early and milled within hours on granite millstones, cold |
| Storage | Unfiltered, under nitrogen at 15–18 °C; bottled to order |
| Formats | 500 ml |
Awards
13th · WBOO 2025/26Tre Foglie, best intense fruity · Gambero Rosso 2024Cinque Gocce · Bibenda 2024
Where it's from
Region map · Casoli, Abruzzo
The estate is a designated custodian of the Intosso di Casoli, a Slow Food presidium variety, and works calcareous, skeletal ground below the Maiella massif. Crognalegno is the other local rarity it keeps alive.