A small piece of Maremma, tended with care.
Among the olive trees and the wild hills of Campagnatico, we make extra virgin olive oil on a small family farm of 8 hectares (about 20 acres). The badger in our logo was passed down to us with the farm itself — a small emblem of the land we now care for.
01 / The farm
A few trees, each tended by hand
Vallecupa is a small farm set on the clay hills of Campagnatico, a few kilometres from the river Ombrone. Around 600 olive trees — Frantoio, Moraiolo, Leccino — have grown here for generations, pruned by hand and left to the slow rhythm of the Maremma seasons.
02 / The oil
Extra virgin, cold extracted
Superior category olive oil, obtained directly from olives and solely by mechanical means. Delivered to the local oil press for milling shortly after picking.
Certification status
Podere Vallecupa is registered as an olive grower in the Toscano IGP control system run by the certification body TCA (ref. CERT/79768, 2026–27 season), with about 600 olive trees. Registration is not certification: our oil is not sold as Toscano IGP. A batch can carry that name only after it has been analysed, panel-tested and certified. Until then, our oil is sold as extra virgin olive oil, origin Italy.
- Cultivars
- Frantoio · Moraiolo · Leccino
- Harvest
- October — November, by hand
- Extraction
- Cold
- Profile
- Fresh grass, artichoke, bitter almond
- Origin
- Campagnatico, Tuscany, Maremma, Italy
- Format
- Bottles of 750 ml or tins of 500 ml or 3 litres
03 / The harvest
The right moment, not a day later
We pick as the olives begin to turn from green to purple/black: the yield might be lower but the fruit far more alive with higher polyphenol levels, which give the oil its peppery, bitter notes. Everything travels in slatted crates and reaches the mill the same day.
04 / Photos
Scenes from the farm
The grove and its visitors, through the changing seasons.
05 / Contact
Come and visit
The farm is open by appointment for tastings and oil collection. Write to us to ask about this year's availability.
58042 Campagnatico (GR) · Tuscanyhello@poderevallecupa.it