Taggiasca Extra Virgin Olive Oil by Benza. New Harvest 2025/2026 EV Olive Oil monocultivar Taggiasca from Liguria. Fruity and smooth, great versatility in the kitchen. Low acidity, perfect balance and elegant notes of apple and dried fruit. Produced by the Benza Family since 1853. A bottle of .500 lt - 16.9 fl oz. Ingredients: Taggiasca Extra Virgin Olive Oil. Benza BuonOlio is one of our smoothest real extra virgin olive oils. 100% Taggiasca. Benza BuonOlio is made from 100% Taggiasca, the most common olive of the Imperia province on the coast of Liguria, and the source of the region's signature delicate, balanced olive oil. Gigi Benza. Our producer, Gigi Benza, is passionate about protecting and improving his region and its renowned olive groves, and embarked on a project of landscape restoration by buying abandoned olive groves and returning them to their original production capacity. Gigi is the latest in a long line of committed olive oil producers; the Benza family has been making real extra virgin olive oil in the Ligurian Riviera since the 16th century. Hand Picked Taggiasca Olives. The Taggiasca olive thrives in Liguria's gentle, temperate seaside climate and calcium-rich soil. But olive oil production here is far from easy; groves are perched on terraced hills inaccessible to modern harvest equipment, so the olives must be picked by hand. Many farmers have abandoned their groves, leaving the landscape in decline and vulnerable to brush fires. Perfectly Balanced EVOO. The 2025/2026 harvest is perfectly balanced, with the aroma of citrus on the nose. It has a fantastic richness, hardly any bitterness, and elegant notes of almonds, pine nuts, and just a touch of spice at the finish. An exquisite finishing oil, it is also perfect for cooking, or whipping up homemade pesto alla Genovese, a Ligurian classic, with pine nuts and lots of fresh basil.
