MANOLEA · PUGLIA · EST. 1947

Some things are made. Others are signed.

Single-estate extra virgin olive oil from Puglia. 100% Italian.

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HarvestOctober 2025
Acidity< 0.2%
Cold-pressed< 27°C
Origin100% Puglia · single estate
The Sign

Most “extra virgin” on shelves isn't. Ours is dated, traceable, signed.

We don't tell the story of an oil. We tell the story of a sign.

Every bottle of MANOLEA carries a single stroke of gold — the mark of a gesture repeated, season after season, for three generations.

The brushstroke is not decoration. It is a promise. Proof that a hand was here, that care was taken, that nothing was rushed and nothing left to chance.

MANOLEA
Everything that matters leaves a trace.
The Collection

One land, many lights. Each cultivar carries its own time and character — different voices of the same earth, gathered under one signature.

DELICATO

DELICATO

Ogliarola, Nocellara, Terra di Bari

Sweet & Round

Intensity

Tasting notes Ripe tomato · sweet almond · grass

What to cook with it White fish · raw vegetables · salads

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INTENSO

INTENSO

Coratina

Bold & Decisive

Intensity

Tasting notes Artichoke · green almond · black pepper

What to cook with it Grilled meats · pulses · hearty winter soups

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Not sure where to begin? The Duo pairs Intenso and Delicato — one bold, one round.

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The Land

Terroir you can taste.

It all begins here, in the heel of Italy: red earth, ancient roots, a sun that never relents. Limestone soil, sea wind, and a light that gives the olives a backbone you can taste — bitter, green, alive.

Soil
Limestone · red
Climate
Mediterranean · windy
Altitude
100–250 m a.s.l.
Extraction
Cold · under 27°C
Acidity
< 0.2%
Origin
100% Puglia · Terra di Bari
The Ritual

Taste the light.

The ritual of tasting — four gestures, slowly.

  1. 01

    Warm

    Warm the glass in your hands to release the aromas.

  2. 02

    Smell

    Cover, swirl, inhale: grass, almond, artichoke.

  3. 03

    Taste

    A small sip, air through the teeth, let the bitterness speak.

  4. 04

    Finish

    The pepper in the throat is life: polyphenols, health, truth.

La famiglia Valente, Bisceglie
Heritage · The Valente Family

In 1947, Tommaso Valente pressed his first harvest by lamplight in the hills of Bisceglie. Today his grandchildren tend the same trees, with the same hands and the same patience.

Three generations · Bisceglie · Est. 1947

The Reorder

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