One of six groves in our care
La Torre.
The largest of our six groves.
2,841 trees across 29.7 acres, on hillsides facing north, southwest and south. Four neglected parcels, made one grove again since 2011.
The restoration
Four parcels, one grove.
We began caring for La Torre in 2011, with a single neglected parcel. As the land around it was left behind, we brought it in: 2013, 2015, 2016. Each parcel was cleared and its trees opened to light, until the hillsides worked as one grove again.
More than half our trees grow here.
2,841 of the 5,202 trees in our care stand at La Torre. No other grove comes close.
What three slopes do to one harvest.
The same varieties, facing north, southwest and south, ripen on different clocks. That spread is part of what goes into the oil.
A field blend, picked one variety at a time.
Each variety is picked on the day it's ready, and each day's oil goes into the same tank. The proportions are whatever the year gives. When the season allows, Pendolino or Olivo Bianco is kept apart as a single variety.
The grove.
- Near Grassina
- 29.7 acres
- 200 metres
- North, southwest and south facing
- 2,841 trees
- Frantoio, Moraiolo, Leccino, Pendolino, Olivo Bianco, Maurino
- In our care since 2011
The 2025 harvest
La Torre's 2025 harvest.
The season
Picked from October 29 to November 6, under cool, overcast skies. Nine days, the time a grove this size asks for.
Tasting
Fresh cut grass, herbs, artichoke and almond, then arugula and radicchio building into a long black pepper finish. Balanced, with nothing out in front.
Pairing
Made for every day. Pour it over warm bread with a pinch of salt: pane e olio.
The record, 2025
43% Frantoio, 39% Leccino, 18% Moraiolo
- Fruitiness
- 5.2/10
- Bitterness
- 4.9/10
- Pepperiness
- 5.0/10
- Polyphenols
- 471 mg/kg
- Free fatty acids
- 0.22%
- Peroxides
- 6.5 meq O₂/kg
- Monounsaturated fatty acids
- above 75%
- Pesticide residues
- not detected
Extracted within hours of harvest, then stored and tested on its own, never blended with another grove.
Fil's full tasting notes, pairings and the season as it happened are in My Grove.
The people of this grove
Where the first oil is poured.
Two days at La Torre mark our year. The first oil celebration, when we invite the whole community to taste the new oil together; Abandoned Grove members have joined us here too. And the end of harvest lunch, when the crew who brought the harvest in finally sit down at one table.
Belong to a grove.
Every Guardian is connected to a real tree in one of our restored groves. Your tree is assigned after you join, wherever one is available, and you'll see exactly where it stands: its grove, its number, its coordinates. Each harvest, two bottles of that grove's oil are yours.
Guard a tree by December 31 for this year's harvest.
