{"id":2833,"date":"2025-06-18T12:59:27","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T12:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/frantoiocongedi.com\/cultivated-in-salento\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T11:36:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T11:36:04","slug":"cultivated-in-salento","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/frantoiocongedi.com\/en\/cultivated-in-salento\/","title":{"rendered":"Cultivated in Salento"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Discover the unique flavor of our wonderful land<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Discover the unique flavor<\/strong> of our wonderful land<\/strong>.Salento oil<\/a> owes its fortune, its deliciousness and its goodness to the special blend of elements that characterize the Salento territory<\/strong><\/a>, a magical land of southern Italy, which boasts places where unspoiled nature is still present and where the encounter between the sea and the land<\/strong> creates breathtaking landscapes and regenerates heart and soul. <\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Situated between the two seas of the Adriatic to the east and the Ionian to the west, south of Apulia<\/strong><\/a>, the Salento<\/strong> <\/a>is characterized by a particularly rugged, dry territory in which karst rock opens sudden gashes in the ground, with plateaus where cultivated fields<\/strong>, vineyards<\/strong> and olive groves<\/strong> emerge among the rocks, the result of the centuries-old, patient work of generations of farmers, to whom belongs the merit of having offered fertile soil for the production ofItalian olive oil.<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Gorgeous color, delicious taste, overpowering fragrance.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The presence of the not-so-distant sea that the olive plant loves encourages its growth and further enriches its taste, making the experience even more pleasant for the senses.<\/p>

A splendid color, a delicious taste, an overpowering fragrance. Most of the olive trees<\/strong> from which extra virgin olive oil is made belong to the monovarietal Favolosa, Coratina, Leccino and Frantoio<\/strong> species. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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The first species is characterized by rustic<\/strong>, slow-growing<\/strong> plants<\/strong> and fruits from whichextra virgin olive oil<\/strong> can be extracted only when fully ripe. The Cellina is a variety of olive plant of high yield, and medium productivity, characterized by fruits with an elliptical shape and slightly irregular in its symmetry. <\/p>

Ogliarola, the second variety from which extra virgin olive oil is extracted in Salento, on the other hand, is fast-growing<\/strong> and of the same robustness as Cellina<\/strong>, produces abundant perfectly elliptical and symmetrical fruits that produce Apulian oil<\/a> universally recognized<\/strong> for its goodness, and the percentage yield is very high.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Salento oil<\/a> is known worldwide for its value as a typical Salento product<\/strong>, a child of Apulian tradition<\/strong> exported to many countries around the world, and has won many awards and recognitions<\/a>. Among the most important ones are theoil from Salento<\/strong><\/a> has won the Protected Designation of Origin<\/strong> forthe high quality of the product<\/a>, under the name Olio delle Terre d’Otranto<\/strong>. The olives are still harvested by hand<\/strong>, thus avoiding the trauma and jolts of harvesting, which is done by percussion of the branches, on the tree, and are immediately ground and processed in the production plants, modern industrial companies or ancient mills with traditional technique, to obtain the best possibleextra virgin olive oil<\/a><\/strong>, one of the staple foods of our cuisine and the healthy and nutritious Mediterranean diet<\/a>.

Theoil grown in Salento<\/a> is strictly extra virgin, and its acidity percentage never exceeds 0.8 percent, making it an ideal food<\/strong> to accompany our dishes, soups and salads. Given its strength<\/strong> and taste<\/strong>, just a few drops, a drizzle ofItalian extra virgin oil<\/a> added raw just before serving at the table, is enough to give our dishes that extra touch that will make them perfect.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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