Evo oil will be scarce this year too. By now we have become accustomed to harvesting few olives but we continue to love the trees that characterize our landscape. Trequanda, where the Fattoria del Colle is located, has been included in the register of “Rural landscapes of historical interest” thanks to the olive groves that cover its hills and which, since the Renaissance, have given rise to the production of terracotta jars in the hamlet of Petroio

DESCRIPTION OF THE 2023 EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL

In 2023, the fruit setting of the olives took place late due to the rain. The hot and dry periods that followed also reduced production, causing some of the olives to fall.

However, precisely because of the climate, the “yield”, i.e. the percentage of oil obtained from each quintal of olives, is higher than in past years.

With the help of Sergio Pinarello, member of AICO and great enthusiast of local food and wine, we try to trace the organoleptic profile of the 2023 extra virgin olive oil from Fattoria del Colle and in this part of  Tuscany. It is a good EVO oil: on the nose it has aromas of cut grass. It is balanced in the mouth but is sweeter and with less fruit than previous years due to a low presence of bitterness (2.5-3 points) and a spiciness of up to 4 points.…

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