Description: Frantoi delivers new season freshly milled Extra Virgin Olive Oil from Italy. Learn about the health benefits and how to use fresh EVOO.
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As you might expect, olives grown in cooler areas where there is more moisture (rainfall and dew) exhibit leaner, more restrained characteristics. This doesn’t however mean that great oil can now be made in Iceland – you need a minimum amount of sunshine to make your Extra Virgin Olive Oil taste remarkable, similarly to tomatoes or stone fruit.
Olive trees are sensitive to winter freeze (the Casaliva cultivar is more resistant to cold, hence being grown in the Garda region). It is also easier to farm organically where the climate is more stable and less chemical sprays are required to keep the trees healthy.
Here’s the thing – all olives are green. When they become fully mature, they turn black. Olive maturity at the time of harvest is a major factor in flavour and quality: olives harvested earlier (green olives) feature more bitter, grassy characteristics, with lower yields and with the highest anti-oxidant content. The oil is a much more intense green colour and has a longer shelf-life. In terms of production, milling can take longer with green olives (a longer malaxation - the action of slowly churning mi