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PIANOGRILLO OLIO - Italy - 500 ml

PIANOGRILLO OLIO - Italy - 500 ml
Item# 4760
$36.50

Product Description

500 ml Bottle - New Crop Sicily, Italy

Chosen by Food & Wine in December '06 as one of the best gifts! Every year, this is one of our very favorite Olio Nuovo selections.

Pianogrillo was one of our favorite oils from Italy for 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006 and one of the best oils available anywhere, and for 2007. Big, green and spicy and flown in from Sicily for you to do a little celebrating of your own.

As always with the new oils, LIMITED QUANTITIES



About Pianogrillo Olio Novello:

Big and green on the nose - the aroma jumps out of the bottle and permeates the room - with a bold but delightful flavor of green olive and green vegetable. The finish is smooth on the palate but with a wallop of pepper on the back of the throat that pleasantly lingers - this oil is truly not to be missed.

About the Producer:

The Pianogrillo farm is situated in Chiaramonte Gulfi, a district of Ragusa, in Eastern Sicily. This farm stretches over 50 hectares in the heart of the Iblei Mountains. The Pianogrillo farm has belonged to the Piccione family for centuries. Lorenzo Piccione has turned the old estate into the modern Pianogrillo farm, thanks to his passion and love for nature and for his land.

The Pianogrillo farm is organic in respect to the EEC rules. Chemical manipulations and pesticides aren't allowed. The olive grove is cultivated using natural products and simple agricultural techniques. The average height of the olive grove is about 350 meters above sea level, and at this height the olive fly is rare and easily controlled.

Most of the olive trees belong to several species: cultivar "Tonda Iblea" (or "Cetrale"), and cultivar "Moresca". There are also "Nocellara messinese" and, recently, a new olive grove of "Carolea" for pollination.

The olive harvesting for Pianogrillo generally begins in October and ends in December. Each olive is picked by hand, one by one, directly from the olive tree branches. The pressing is done in the oil mill "Alfa Laval" on the Pianogrillo farm within 12 hours of harvesting.