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ROOTED IN ITALY, RAISED IN CALIFORNIA – We’re an Italian family from Lucca, Italy, that started our family business, Corto, in California, where we grow our olives and make our oils.
COLD EXTRACTION – We harvest our olives at peak season and send them straight to our state-of-the-art on-site mill. This produces the best ultra-fresh extra-virgin olive oil.
CHEF CHOSEN – Some of the best chefs in the industry choose Corto. They know we’ve worked to craft the best oils for the right technique and meal.
100% REAL – we named our 100% Extra-Virgin Olive Oil TRULY because unlike 70% of the market, our oil is the real deal. We’re dedicated to providing you with the best flavor and freshness.
CERTIFIED EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL – Every drop of our oil meets stringent chemistry and sensory standards to be certified extra virgin by the California Olive Oil Council (COOC)
We call it TRULY 100% extra-virgin olive oil because this full-bodied olive oil is the real deal. 70% of extra virgin olive oils on the market have gone rancid, which is why we’ve gone to extra lengths to protect ours. What makes us different is that we don’t wait until winter when the olives are over-ripe, like other brands do. Instead, we harvest in the Fall, when the olives are at the peak of freshness: green, with just a hint of violet. Olives then come to our state-of-the-art mill to produce brilliant oil. We immediately store the oil in a climate-controlled cellar until packaged in our FlavorLock Box. We taste test each batch before packaging it in a proprietary oxygen-free FlavorLock Box. This is the only packaging that protects the oil from flavor damaging light and air to the very last drop. There’s a reason our extra virgin olive oil is chosen and approved by chefs. It’s because we hand-craft our oils to match their use. This 100% extra-virgin olive oil is best used for dipping bread, drizzling on warm entrees, or use in salad dressings, sauces, and marinades.