Local products

Extra virgin olive oil

The cave village is surrounded and dotted with huge silvery olive trees, with green hills and the blue sea in the distance in a riot of colours. It lies in the heart of the plain of the monumental olive trees. Apulia is the region with the largest olive heritage, with at least 50 million trees, half of which are considered centuries old and at least 5 million many centuries old. The regional law for the "Protection and Enhancement of the Landscape of the Monumental Olive Trees of Apulia" (Regional Law no. 14 of 4 June 2007) aims to preserve and protect this heritage of monumental olive trees.

The variety of the monumental trees is Ogliarola salentina, which gives an extra virgin oil of intense golden yellow with light greenish hues, with a light to medium fruitiness and clear notes of olive leaf, freshly cut grass, artichoke and an elegant almond finish; rich in hints of artichoke, wild herbs, aromatic plants and dried fruit with a distinct note of sweet almond, with well-balanced, restrained bitterness and pungency.

The Associazione Culturale Presepe Vivente is a member of the Copape cooperative, founded back in 1959, which today has more than 230 olive-growing members. The cooperative of the farmers of Pezze di Greco has a modern, complete milling plant to control every processing stage and obtain a final product traceable by external bodies. The cooperative bottles three types of oil.