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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by Donatella Cinelli Colombini

The harvest has just begun but the scarcity of olives is very evident: some trees are entirely fruitless and others have beautiful loaded branches and all the rest of the canopy empty. Apparently it is the moraiolo variety olive trees that have suffered the most.  Fortunately, the yield in oil is good and the taste of the golden liquid is intense so just a few drops are enough to fill the vegetables and cooked dishes with flavor.

THE ORGANIC EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL OF THE FATTORIA DEL COLLE

The Fattoria del Colle has two small olive groves for a total of 6 hectares, planted after the frost of 1985 that killed almost all the ancient trees. Only a few olive trees resisted and are along the dirt roads.
In the olive groves there are the varieties Moraiolo and Correggiolo (frantoio) with which we produce a Tuscan DOP blend and two monocultivars. All are organic.

The area of Trequanda, where the farm is located, has been renowned for centuries for the excellent quality of its extra virgin olive oil. Thanks to its altitude (400 meters above sea level), its ventilation and the calcareous soil, the quality of the oil is spontaneously excellent. The oleic fly is also very rare and therefore there is no need of chemistry.…

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