The best Italian olive varieties
The top 3 according to 47 votes from people: Taggiasca · Bella di Cerignola · Coratina. (Updated Jun 11, 2021.)
Taggiasca, Nocellara del Belice, Bella di Cerignola, Coratina and Frantoio: Italy's most celebrated olive cultivars.
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Top 20
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1
Taggiasca
Small Ligurian olive for the table and delicate oil.
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2
Bella di Cerignola
Giant table olive from Puglia.
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3
Coratina
Apulian cultivar for intense, bitter oil.
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4
Frantoio
The classic Tuscan oil cultivar.
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5
Peranzana
Cultivar from Foggia.
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6
Tonda Iblea
Cultivar from the Iblei mountains.
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7
Moraiolo
Umbrian-Tuscan cultivar for fruity oil.
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8
Ascolana tenera
The olive used for stuffed olive all'ascolana.
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9
Carolea
Calabrian dual-purpose cultivar.
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10
Bosana
Sardinia's main cultivar.
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11
Pendolino
Tuscan pollinator cultivar.
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12
Biancolilla
Sicilian cultivar for delicate oil.
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13
Ravece
Cultivar from Irpinia.
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14
Itrana
The black Gaeta olive.
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15
Leccino
Tuscan cultivar grown throughout Italy.
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16
Ogliarola
Apulian oil cultivar.
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17
Cellina di Nardò
Salento cultivar.
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18
Nocellara etnea
Cultivar from Etna's slopes.
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19
Casaliva
Lake Garda cultivar.
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20
Nocellara del Belice
Large Sicilian green table olive.
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