Abruzzo · Italia · Est. 2010

Cantina
Clarkio

Classic Capestrano

"The best meals are not complicated. They are pure. Bread that has just left the flame, oil that came from the tree that same day, wine from the same ground." — Ian Clark

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Cantina Clarkio Classic Capestrano — Jugendstil Poster

Hand Harvested◆ Cold Pressed◆ Extra Virgin◆ Capestrano · Abruzzo◆ Small Batch◆ 2,000 Years of Tradition◆ 100% Italiano◆ Hand Harvested◆ Cold Pressed◆ Extra Virgin◆ Capestrano · Abruzzo◆ Small Batch◆ 2,000 Years of Tradition◆ 100% Italiano◆

The Story

Where Earth
Speaks to Sky

Capestrano is a small village in Abruzzo, Italy, nestled beneath the Gran Sasso. Olive trees have grown here for two millennia. This is where earth speaks to sky through ancient ritual, where the rhythm of the seasons is not background noise — it is the language itself.

In 2010, a Scottish landscape architect named Ian Clark arrived in Capestrano. He saw not a commodity, but possibility. Where others saw old wood, Ian saw stories waiting to be told. And every November now, friends gather from across Europe for the harvest.

The best meals are not complicated. They are pure. Bread that has just left the flame, oil that came from the tree that same day, wine from the same ground. Those three speak the same language. If you understand that, you understand everything about why I do this.

Ian Clark · Capestrano, Abruzzo

Cantina Clarkio Classic Capestrano · C4 · 1 Litre

The Oil

Extra Virgin
Olive Oil

Cold-pressed from olives hand-picked from ancient trees on the hills of Capestrano. Nothing more, nothing less. Pure Abruzzo in every drop — the concentrated essence of two thousand years of cultivation and care.

Origin	Capestrano (AQ), Abruzzo, Italia
Variety	Indigenous Abruzzo cultivars
Harvest	Hand-picked, November
Process	Cold-pressed within hours
Grade	Extra Virgin — first cold press
Volume	1 Litre · 100% Italiano

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What Drives Us

Our Values

Heritage

Rooted in two thousand years of Mediterranean tradition. Every decision honours what came before.

Authenticity

Hand-harvested, small-batch. No industrial shortcuts — ever. The land sets the pace.

Craft

Guided by Ian Clark, a landscape architect who reads the land as a living narrative.

Community

The November harvest brings friends together year after year. That gathering is the heart of everything.

Purity

Cold-pressed, extra virgin. Nothing more than what the tree offers. Nothing less.

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The Collection

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1 Litre · Tin

Classic Capestrano

Jugendstil Collector's Tin

The full-litre Jugendstil tin — hand-illustrated, cold-pressed extra virgin olive oil from the ancient groves of Capestrano. A vessel as extraordinary as what it holds.

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1 Litre · Bottle

Classic Capestrano

Jugendstil Glass Bottle

The square glass bottle with cork stopper — the same cold-pressed extra virgin oil, dressed in the iconic Jugendstil label. A gift of enduring beauty.

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Special · Limited

Special Filling

Bespoke by Order

A singular, small-batch filling — available exclusively by personal order via email. Reserved for those who understand that the finest things in life require intention.

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Heritage & Craft

Two Thousand Years
of Olive Cultivation

Two Millennia

The olive trees of Capestrano were planted in Roman times. Each carries millennia of accumulated knowledge in its bark and wood.

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By Hand

No machines. Each year friends gather from across Europe to pick the fruit by hand — exactly as it has been done for generations.

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Gran Sasso

Capestrano sits beneath the highest massif in the Apennines. Its unique microclimate gives the oil its characteristic fruit and depth.

2010 Capestrano, Abruzzo Ian Clark

The Visionary

A Scot in
Abruzzo

A Scottish landscape architect ending up in an ancient village in the Italian Apennines — it sounds like the beginning of a novel. For Ian Clark it was the beginning of a life's work.

Where others saw decline, Ian saw structure. Where others saw weeds in the abandoned groves, Ian saw the outlines of a landscape asking to be restored. The olive trees of Capestrano — some over a thousand years old — were still standing. Gnarled, silent, waiting.

Ian began to prune. To listen. To understand how the tree works, how the land works, how the generations before him had also understood. And every November he called on friends — from Edinburgh, from Amsterdam, from Milan — to harvest together.

Cantina Clarkio Classic Capestrano is not simply an olive oil. It is an act of faith in the land, in tradition, in the simplicity of good things made with care.