The Taste of
Luxury
In Liguria, there is a place where time seems to have stopped in the 15th century.
The Taggiasca olive, long regarded as the finest, most delicate, and most prized in the world originates in the Western Ligurian Riviera, where sea and hills embrace with elegance, and where a climate tempered by marine breezes and extraordinary sunlight allows for the production of olives of exceptional quality.
This is a land of rugged, authentic beauty difficult to cultivate and shaped over the centuries by the tireless work of man. Among the dry-stone terraces that define the landscape, Gandolfi is born: an oil obtained exclusively from Taggiasca olives, pressed from fruit grown in a centuries-old olive grove.
These majestic trees are not merely witnesses to history; they are active protagonists. Imagine this: while Leonardo da Vinci was painting the Mona Lisa, someone was planting the olive trees that still bear fruit today.
Most extraordinary of all, the cultivation techniques have remained exactly the same for over five centuries. In a world racing toward modernization, these olive groves represent an absolute rarity. Farmers continue to practice ancient methods that have proven unsurpassed in quality.
The result is an oil that tells an unbroken story, where every single drop carries with it five hundred years of Italian tradition, a living heritage that can truly be described as an open-air museum of Italian agriculture.
In Liguria, there is a place where time seems to have stopped in the 15th century.
The Taggiasca olive, long regarded as the finest, most delicate, and most prized in the world originates in the Western Ligurian Riviera, where sea and hills embrace with elegance, and where a climate tempered by marine breezes and extraordinary sunlight allows for the production of olives of exceptional quality.
This is a land of rugged, authentic beauty difficult to cultivate and shaped over the centuries by the tireless work of man. Among the dry-stone terraces that define the landscape, Gandolfi is born: an oil obtained exclusively from Taggiasca olives, pressed from fruit grown in a centuries-old olive grove.
These majestic trees are not merely witnesses to history; they are active protagonists. Imagine this: while Leonardo da Vinci was painting the Mona Lisa, someone was planting the olive trees that still bear fruit today.
Most extraordinary of all, the cultivation techniques have remained exactly the same for over five centuries. In a world racing toward modernization, these olive groves represent an absolute rarity. Farmers continue to practice ancient methods that have proven unsurpassed in quality.
The result is an oil that tells an unbroken story, where every single drop carries with it five hundred years of Italian tradition, a living heritage that can truly be described as an open-air museum of Italian agriculture.
each olive is harvested by hand, meticulously abiding by the ancient methods handed down over the centuries
Gandolfi represents an exclusive way of thinking about the world of luxury
This work requires time, sacrifice and above all passion, as it always had been in the past.
Harvesting, as well as the careful selection of each individual olive, is an extremely delicate step to best preserve the integrity of the olives and ensure a perfect degree of ripeness.
Only the best olives, individually selected by hand, are pressed within a few hours, in order to preserve their fragrant taste and organoleptic properties.
Gandolfi oil only goes through a cold-pressing process, which results in a lower amount of oil, but guarantees much higher quality.
Savour the
taste of time
This legacy is embodied in what we present today.
The gifts bestowed by the land are reborn in every single drop of our oil — a true work of art shaped by centuries of heritage.
An oil born of time and mastery, elevating the purity of the earth into a timeless embodiment of luxury. Extra virgin olive oil, considered liquid gold since ancient times, is the symbol par excellence of the Mediterranean diet, declared in 2010 “Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity” by UNESCO.
The GOLD EXPERIENCE
An oil of rare quality enriched
it with sparkling flakes of pure
edible 24 Carat gold
As evidence of the undeniable bond with its history and its land, Gandolfi safeguards traditions, which are the beating heart of Italy, a country that is focusing its energies to overcome the challenges of the modern era. The gold, after being melted, is transformed into ingots and then laminated into strips. The master proceeds with various beating cycles, the same ones in use in the eighteenth century. The goldbeater is the precious keeper of an ancient art, which involves the transformation of gold bars into very thin leaves of 24 Carat pure gold entirely by hand. It is a long and tiring process that requires more than five hours of hard work and centuries-old skills learnt to perfection.
A BOTTLE LIKE NO OTHER
each piece is a unique
masterpiece
The true essence of luxury, fusing the purity of crystal with precious gold. Each bottle is handmade in fine Italian crystal. For generations, the ancient workshop has been creating crystal works of art in the heart of Tuscany, on the green hills of Chianti, between Florence and Siena, the home of crystal for more than two hundred years. Extraordinarily skilled artistic masters mold shapeless and incandescent glass into authentic works of art, born almost by magic. Fire, breath, pliers, and a flourish of expert hands give life to masterpieces of beauty that touch the heart and never cease to strike a chord. Crystal manufacturing is halfway between art and craftsmanship.
THE TRADITION OF
MADE IN ITALY
A sophisticated harmony between form and content, between aesthetics and essence
Gandolfi is constantly striving for perfection, for uncompromising quality. No detail is overlooked, each element is like a thread that intertwines with the others to weave a precious canvas. Behind its refined coffer, which to some may just seem an anonymous box, there is a whole world of artisans who have put their signature on each individual element, fundamentally contributing to the final result. The coffer is tailor-made entirely in Italy, in an artisan workshop with over a hundred years of tradition.
The GOLD EXPERIENCE
An oil of rare quality enriched
it with sparkling flakes of pure
edible 24 Carat gold
As evidence of the undeniable bond with its history and its land, Gandolfi safeguards traditions, which are the beating heart of Italy, a country that is focusing its energies to overcome the challenges of the modern era. The gold, after being melted, is transformed into ingots and then laminated into strips. The master proceeds with various beating cycles, the same ones in use in the eighteenth century. The goldbeater is the precious keeper of an ancient art, which involves the transformation of gold bars into very thin leaves of 24 Carat pure gold entirely by hand. It is a long and tiring process that requires more than five hours of hard work and centuries-old skills learnt to perfection.
A BOTTLE LIKE
NO OTHER
each piece is a unique
masterpiece
The true essence of luxury, fusing the purity of crystal with precious gold. Each bottle is handmade in fine Italian crystal. For generations, the ancient workshop has been creating crystal works of art in the heart of Tuscany, on the green hills of Chianti, between Florence and Siena, the home of crystal for more than two hundred years. Extraordinarily skilled artistic masters mold shapeless and incandescent glass into authentic works of art, born almost by magic. Fire, breath, pliers, and a flourish of expert hands give life to masterpieces of beauty that touch the heart and never cease to strike a chord. Crystal manufacturing is halfway between art and craftsmanship.
THE TRADITION
OF MADE IN ITALY
A sophisticated harmony between form and content, between aesthetics and essence
Gandolfi is constantly striving for perfection, for uncompromising quality. No detail is overlooked, each element is like a thread that intertwines with the others to weave a precious canvas. Behind its refined coffer, which to some may just seem an anonymous box, there is a whole world of artisans who have put their signature on each individual element, fundamentally contributing to the final result. The coffer is tailor-made entirely in Italy, in an artisan workshop with over a hundred years of tradition.
Gandolfi prefers the expression
“high-quality Italian artisanship”
to the word
Luxury
Gandolfi does not look with nostalgia at the tradition of Italian artisanship, but guards and preserves it with care and passion.
The result is the perfect balance between class and prestige, which has made Made in Italy a signature of style all over the world.