About us
Before Rome,
before it all began,
there was olive oil.
In Canino, olive trees have been cultivated for three thousand years. We grow them to Transform Flavors into the Pleasure of Living.
Paolo Borzatta, Founder and CEO
Since 2009, in Canino (VT) - ITALY
I&P stands for Ione & Paolo.
Ione Zobbi, whose name graces the estate, was the life partner of Paolo Borzatta. Together, they left Milan for Canino, nestled in the heart of Tuscia, to rediscover the serenity of olive groves, reconnect with nature, and dedicate the years ahead to this land.
Ione passed away far too early. Paolo carried forward the vision born of the two of them and continues to pour his heart and soul into research and innovation, season after season, constantly perfecting our production methods.
Not everyday cooking oil, not mass-market supermarket oil. Paolo’s vision has always been distinct: to elevate extra virgin olive oil, through visionary ideas, meticulous technique, and uncompromised craftsmanship, to the very same echelon as the world's finest Champagnes and grandest Burgundies.
Each olive grove yields a single monocultivar. Different every year, each grove unrepeatable.
True richness lies not in a single oil. It lies in the infinite nuances from one oil to the next.
The Terroir
Between the sea and the volcano, in the heart of Etruria.
To the southwest, the Tyrrhenian Sea carries moisture and salt breeze inland. To the northeast, the Lake Bolsena volcano has enriched the plains with tuff, volcanic lapilli, and minerals. In between lies Canino: clay, sand, and rock, microclimates that contradict and complement each other.
This is where the Caninese grows, the variety that takes its name from our town and has defined the olive oil of this land for centuries.
"The oil is already inside the olive.I&P Philosophy
The master miller's task is to extract it without betraying it."
The Method
A single variety is a personality.
The true value of a monocultivar is not its purity in itself. It is its personality. One leaf of lettuce, one hundred single-variety extra virgin olive oils: one hundred completely different dishes.
Learning to distinguish them, pairing them with the right foods and the right moments: this is an education in pleasure that, once begun, never ends. Details are not a luxury. They are the point.
Each olive grove is harvested at its own ideal moment of ripeness.
The limit that separates a great oil from a mediocre one. Without exceptions.
Designed with Mori Tem and Alfa Laval. Continuous two-phase cycle, maximum polyphenol concentration.
Every cultivar receives its own tailored treatment. Zero standardization, every evoo is unique.
THE STORY
Everything changes. The olive tree endures.
On the coast of Haifa, one of the oldest documented olive mills.
The Code of Hammurabi regulates the olive oil trade
The Etruscans cultivate olive trees in Etruria. The Caninese variety is born.
Lucien Bonaparte, Napoleon's brother, Prince of Canino
Ione and Paolo found I&P. The latest chapter, not to reach an end, but to keep the story alive.
Three millennia of history cannot be told in a single page.
They must be tasted.