The Oliva Taggiasca is a variety of typical Riviera Ligure olive.
It is so called because it came in Taggia, brought by Cistercian monks. The grafting of olive taggiasca were carried through the centuries in Italy, although the crop has always been greater in the province of Imperia, and today is one of the most renowned for the production of olive oil and one of the best table olives, because the fruit, despite its small size, it is very tasty.
The fruit, of ovoid form, produces an oil-yellow, yellow-green, the smell of ripe fruit flavor and also fruity with sweet sensation determined (maximum total acidity expressed as oleic acid, by weight, not greater than 0,5 grams per 100 grams of oil).
From January 1997 was established the protected designation of origin related to an extra virgin olive oil called "Riviera Ligure DOP. Is used in food in many of the Ligurian dishes made with meat is that of fish.