Coratina

Variety of Olive · Olea europaea

Powerful Apulian variety – intensely bitter, pungent oils with exceptionally high polyphenol content.

Also known as: Racemo, Cima di Bitonto

🇮🇹 Italy 1800

Taste & characteristics

spicybitteraromatic

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Given in thirds of a month (early / mid / late) for the northern hemisphere in a temperate climate; altitude and season shift them.

Medium, slightly asymmetric fruit with high oil content.

Vigorous, very productive, well tolerant of cold and drought.

Very high; oil strongly green, markedly bitter and pungent, extremely stable.

Backbone of oil from Bari/Apulia; partly self-fertile.

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