Olio Verde Extra Virgin Olive Oil | 2021
2021 Harvest. Olio Verde was the first Sicilian olive oil made with 100% Nocellara del Belice olives and it continues to be a concentration of impressive complexity. The 2021 Harvest has the aroma of tomatoes, as if you’ve just opened a jar of tomato passata. It is very well-balanced, with medium fruitiness and spiciness in total harmony. It has a mild, soft nuttiness, and a hint of peppery greens that amuses the palate. The mouthfeel is unctuous and velvety, typical of Sicilian oils of the “New Generation,” which Olio Verde helped foster.
2021 Harvest. Olio Verde was the first Sicilian olive oil made with 100% Nocellara del Belice olives and it continues to be a concentration of impressive complexity. The 2021 Harvest has the aroma of tomatoes, as if you’ve just opened a jar of tomato passata. It is very well-balanced, with medium fruitiness and spiciness in total harmony. It has a mild, soft nuttiness, and a hint of peppery greens that amuses the palate. The mouthfeel is unctuous and velvety, typical of Sicilian oils of the “New Generation,” which Olio Verde helped foster.
2021 Harvest. Olio Verde was the first Sicilian olive oil made with 100% Nocellara del Belice olives and it continues to be a concentration of impressive complexity. The 2021 Harvest has the aroma of tomatoes, as if you’ve just opened a jar of tomato passata. It is very well-balanced, with medium fruitiness and spiciness in total harmony. It has a mild, soft nuttiness, and a hint of peppery greens that amuses the palate. The mouthfeel is unctuous and velvety, typical of Sicilian oils of the “New Generation,” which Olio Verde helped foster.
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Upon its release in 1989, Olio Verde was a turning point for Sicily. It's the first olive oil made from a single cultivar, the Nocellara del Belice olive grown on the Pignatelli family's historic estate in Castelvetrano, Sicily. Farmed using ecological methods, the olives are harvested in early October while they are still bright green—imparting a singular flavor onto the oil—and are milled on the estate within hours of being picked.
Silver Medal Winner, Delicate Intensity
New York International Competition 202Olio Verde’s creator, Gianfranco Becchina, set out to accomplish what many considered a follia (“folly”): develop a world-class olive oil in a land where quantity had always reigned over quality. He purchased and restored a historic agricultural estate on the outskirts of Castelvetrano, Sicily (owned for six centuries by the noble family Tagliavia Pignatelli Aragona Cortes), carefully revitalizing its 60 acres of 300-year-old olive groves. One of the first monocultivar (single-varietal) olive oils in Italy, Olio Verde sings in exaltation of the intensely green, nutty (noce means “walnut”) Nocellara del Belice olive.
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Unit Size: 500 ml - 16.9 oz
Serving Suggestions: An all-purpose olive oil—use on everything and anything from delicate crudo and platters of fresh seafood to classic Sicilian and Southern Italian dishes like caponata and grilled swordfish with capers.
