PRODUCTION AREA Tuscany Florence Hills
HEIGHT Above sea level 300/400 m slm
TOTAL PRODUCTION lt 15.000
NUMBER OF TREES 15000
GROWN VARIETIES 40 % frantoio 30% moraiolo 30% leccino
FORM OF CULTIVATION monocone, cespugliato vaso
PRUNING every two years
HARVESTING SYSTEM by hand and mechanical
HARVEST PERIOD middle October
PRESSING METHOD continuos process to temperature under 27°
PRESSING within 12 hours from harvest
FILTRATION With cardboard filters
STORAGE stainless steel in argon with temperature control
PACKING Bottles 500 ml, cans 3 and 5 lt
OIL CERTIFIED
ACIDITY 0,16% gr oleic acid
PEROXIDES 5,80 – POLIFENOLI 515
SENSORY CHARACTERISTICS
a beautiful intense golden yellow. Good grassy and fruity notes to the nose,of freshly -cut grass and yellow apple.Remarkably vegetable to the taste,with an excellent astringercy and a good bitter/spicy balance.An excellent final pepper note.On the whole, a well textured oil, fresh and fine. It is good for cooked and raw vegetables, soup and boiled potatoes, white meat.