PDO olive oils in Europe

PDO: accurate and personalised identification

For each of the olive-growing areas with Protected Designation of Origin status (PDO), the following have been identified:

• The terroirs offering the most favourable conditions for olive growing and where olive cultivation has been the most consistent. Olive trees several hundred years old can thus be found in all the areas identified under PDO.
• The specific variety or varieties of the area.
• Traditional cultivation, production and processing practices (planting density per hectare, pruning, harvest date, etc.). The identification of these practices serves the dual purpose of documenting and preserving traditional know-how, whilst respecting the landscape and the environment.
• The distinctive character of the olive oil. The establishment of a Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) for olive oil or table olives constitutes official recognition of the distinctive character of these products, a character derived from their origin. Compliance with the rules laid down by decree (as set out above) enables this distinctive character to be expressed.

PDO olive oils in Europe

The European Union has 116 olive oils with Protected Designation of Origin status.

• 42 are in Italy, including Alto Crotonese, Aprutino Pescarese, Brisighella, Bruzio, Canino, Cartoceto, Chianti Classico, Cilento, Collina di Brindisi, Colline di Romagna, Colline Pontine, Colline Salernitane, Colline Teatine, Dauno, Garda, Irpinia – Colline dell’Ufita, Laghi Lombardi, Lametia, Lucca, Molise, Monte Etna, Monti Iblei, Penisola Sorrentina, Pretuziano delle Colline Teramane, Ligurian Riviera, Sabina, Sardinia, Seggiano, Tergeste, Terre di Bari, Terre d’Otranto, Terre Aurunche, Terre di Siena, Terre Tarentine, Tuscia, Umbria, Val di Mazara, Valdemone, Valle del Belice, Valli Trapanesi, Veneto, Vulture

• 32 in Spain, including Baena, Siurana, Les Garrigues, Aceite Campo de Calatrava, Aceite Campo de Montiel, Aceite de la Alcarria, Aceite de la Comunitat Valenciana, Aceite de la Rioja, Aceite de Lucena, Aceite de Navarra, Oli Mallorquí, Oli de Terra Alta, Oli del Baix Ebre-Montsià, Aceite del Bajo Aragón, Aceite Monterrubio, Aceite Sierra del Moncayo, Antequera, Estepa, Gata-Hurdes, Montes de Granada, Montes de Toledo, Montoro-Adamuz, Empordà Olive Oil, Poniente de Granada, Priego de Córdoba, Sierra de Cádiz, Sierra de Cazorla, Sierra de Segura, Sierra Mágina, Madrid Olive Oil, Somontano Olive Oil, Villuercas Ibores Jara Olive Oil

• 20 in Greece, including Galano Metaggitsiou in Chalkidiki, Apokoronas in Chania, Crete, Arxanes in Heraklion, Crete, Viannos in Heraklion, Crete, Vorios Mylopotamos, Rethymno, Crete; Elaiolado Makris; Exeretiko Partheno Eleolado Trizinia; Exeretiko Partheno Eleolado Thrapsano; Exeretiko Partheno Eleolado Selino, Crete; Kalamata; Kolimvari, Chania, Crete; Kranidi, Argolis; Krokees, Laconia; Lygourio, Asklipio; Messara; Peza, Heraklion, Crete; Petrina, Laconia; Sitia, Lasithi, Crete; Finiki, Laconia; Agoureleo, Chalkidiki (Αγουρέλαιο Χαλκιδικής)

• 6 in Portugal, including Azeite de Trás-os-Montes, Azeite de Moura, Azeite do Alentejo Interior, Azeites da Beira Interior, Azeites do Norte Alentejano and Azeites do Ribatejo

• 6 in Croatia, including Ekstra djevičansko olive oil from Cres, Istria, Korčula olive oil, Krčko olive oil, Šolta olive oil and Brač olive oil

• 1 in Slovenia: Extra virgin olive oil from Slovenian Istria

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