Patrinia olive is a Greek variety of olive tree grown primarily in Aigialeia

Aigialeia

Aigialeia is a municipality and a former province of the Achaea peripheral unit, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Aigio. The main towns are Aigio, Akrata and Diakopto. The mountains dominate the central, the southern and the western part, farmlands dominate the northern part...

, Greece

Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

. The olive fruit is used exclusively for oil production and it has a high oil concentration of around 25%. The number of the cultivated Patrinia trees is no more than 6 million and it makes up 4% of the Greek olive trees (140 million).

Characteristics

Patrinia olive tree is of average size (3m height) and it prefers average or rich composition soil. The leaves are small and narrow, a destinctive characteristic of this variety. The fruit is rich and produces high quality olive oil, ripening between November and December. Patrinia is thriving on the amphitheatrically situated hilly areas of Aigialeia

Aigialeia

Aigialeia is a municipality and a former province of the Achaea peripheral unit, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Aigio. The main towns are Aigio, Akrata and Diakopto. The mountains dominate the central, the southern and the western part, farmlands dominate the northern part...

and the produced olive oil is distinguished by its quality and its mild fruity aromas.

Reference

Metzidakis, I. (2000), Effect of Regeneration Pruning for the Recovery of Olive Productivity and Fruit Characteristics in Ten Olive Cultivars, IV International Symposium on Olive Growing

http://www.visit-achaia.gr/en/about-achaia/gastronomy/local-products/181-olive-oil

Koulina, S. (2007), Nutrition and olive oil, http://eureka.lib.teithe.gr:8080/bitstream/handle/10184/178/koulina_mixalopoulou.pdf?sequence=1