Organic Italian Olive Oil-Principio

Two 500ml bottles of Extra Virgin Italian Organic Olive Oil from Tuscany, Italy called Principio-an organic blend of olives. We are shipping the 2025/2026 harvest now.

The core values of L'Altro Sapore are a passion for excellence and goodness, understood as a love for beauty and craftsmanship. They work to improve their customers' quality of life by offering them an exceptional extra virgin Italian organic olive oil created according to these values. 

The organic farm of L'Altro Sapore, founded in 2009, currently has 7.5 hectares of olive groves, with over 2,000 trees, which produce Grand Cru – Monocultivar and Blend.

Respect for the environment and energy saving are the cornerstones of their philosophy. In fact, they promote regenerative agriculture that maintains high biodiversity and limits CO2 emissions into the atmosphere, thanks also to their organic certification.

All the oils are produced with olives harvested early and processed within 12 hours, favoring the accumulation of polyphenols and increasing the nutraceutical and antioxidant properties of the products. After filtration, storage is carried out at a controlled temperature and under nitrogen to limit oxidation.

During bottling, they saturate the headspace of the bottles to ensure maximum shelf life, thus maintaining all the organoleptic characteristics.

THE OLIVE GROVE

Cultivation method: Organic

Production area: Tuscany - Pitigliano

Altitude: 350 m above sea level

Varieties: Frantoio 40%, Leccino 35%, Caninese 20%, Moraiolo 5%

Harvesting system: Hand-picked with harvesting aids

Harvest period: October 1 to October 20

THE OIL

Extraction system: Cold extraction using a continuous method

Storage: Under nitrogen at a controlled temperature, with nitrogen also present in the headspace of the bottles

Appearance: Clear from filtering

Color: Bright golden green

ORGANOLEPTIC CHARACTERISTICS

The nose reveals intense initial tones of tomato leaf, clear vegetal notes of thistle and artichoke, then accents

of sage, bell pepper, lime, closing with chicory and radish. Important structure, distinguished by an excellent balance between

oiliness and spicy and bitter perceptions. Long persistence.

RECOMMENDED USES

Enriches pork loin and porcini mushrooms, enhances peposo with aromatic herbs.

Would you prefer to try 2 different oils from L'Altro Sapore? We have the option of one bottle of Principio and one bottle of Grand Cru Canino with this combination of olive oils.