Coquimbito · Maipú · Mendoza
The Estate
Est. 1890 — the olive grove
A grove planted before the estate
In 1890, Don Ángel Cavagnaro — a figure in the early development of Mendoza winemaking — planted the olive grove that still defines the landscape. Those centenary Arauco olives remain a working productive unit, pressed into the estate's single-varietal extra-virgin oil. “Est. 1890” refers to this planting, not to the posada, which welcomed its first guests in 2006.
The family
A family home, gradually opened
Julia Moreno and Javier Vallesi arrived in 2001, built their home on the land, designed much of the gardens and restored the historic adobe buildings. The first guests — a Swedish couple — arrived in 2006. For years the family lived within the property, gradually giving over rooms: the restaurant was once the family living room, the massage room the family kitchen, and Manzanilla was Julia and Javier's bedroom.
The buildings
Adobe from the 19th century, restored
The first seven rooms occupy old adobe constructions of the Cavagnaro finca — once workers' quarters — dating from the late 19th century and restored to become accommodation. The restaurant's fireplace belonged to the family living room. A centenary aguaribay, older than the grove, survived a 19-hour fire during a Zonda wind in 2009 because the family refused to cut it down.
The land before the hotel
Wine, oil and a table from the same earth
Verde Oliva is a working family wine-and-olive estate: a small vineyard producing the Vallesi Malbec, the historic grove producing extra-virgin oil, an olive-based cosmetics line, and a guest-only restaurant. The production, the landscape and the origin come before the display of amenities — the land, the history and the family as one coherent story.