Domenico Ruffino

The cultivation of Colombaia olive trees dates back to 1125 when the Benedictine Monks arrived from Lerein, and introduced olive growing to Varigotti. Today, some of those thousand-year-old trees still survive in their native variety and can be found in the Pria Grossa olive grove. Olives are handpicked and pressed within three hours in the modern and ecological crusher, which is located right in the middle of our grove.