OLIO EXTRAVERGINE DI OLIVA CHIANTI CLASSICO
OLIO EXTRAVERGINE DI OLIVA DEL CHIANTI CLASSICO
Denominazione di Origine Protetta
| Category | Chianti Classico (Protected Designation of Origin) |
| Colour | Vivid green |
| Odour | Strong, fruity, reminds freshly ground olives, cut grass and artichokes |
| Taste | Prefect balance between sour and spicy flavour with a slight fruity tang |
| Farm’s location | San Casciano Val di Pesa (Florence) |
| Olive tree | Variety used: 35% Frantoio, 35% Moraiolo, 30% Leccino. |
| Harvest | Olives are harvested from the tree just before becoming ripe, in the second half of October. This is to ensure that the freshest taste is extracted from the fruit. Olives are rigorously hand-picked in selected fields to provide the perfect integrity of the olive |
| Grounding | All our olives are grounded within 12 hours from being picked. This maintains characteristic traits of our olives and prevents them from losing taste |
| Extraction | With a centrifugal decanter at low temperature |
| Storage | Keep in a dark space at temperatures between 12°C and 20°C |
| Recommended best before date | 18 months from bottling |
| Packing | Dark glass bottle with drip-free plug, showing the Chianti Classico logo and quality assurance marking |
