Coratina is Puglia’s signature olive — a native cultivar that grows almost nowhere else and gives an oil with real backbone. A single variety, pressed on its own with nothing blended in, so what you taste is the grove and nothing else. Green, grassy, and unapologetically bitter, with the long peppery burn that catches the back of the throat.
That intensity is the point. Coratina is the oil for dishes that can carry it: bitter greens, beans, grilled meat, aged cheese, anything that needs a green edge and a little heat. It also holds up where a delicate oil would vanish — assertively dressed salads, ribollita, a bowl of cannellini with nothing but oil and salt.
🫒 Bold character – deep green fruit, artichoke, and cut grass
🌶️ Bitter & pungent – a firm, structured bitterness followed by a warm, lingering pepper
🌿 Full-bodied – coats the palate; a little goes a long way
🥗 Dressings and vinaigrettes where the oil should be heard, not just felt
🥩 Grilled steak, lamb, and sausage; roasted peppers and eggplant
🥬 Finished beans, lentils, and bitter greens like broccoli rabe or chicory
🧀 Aged pecorino, grana, and other salty, savory plates
6 x 500 mL bottles