EXTRA VIRGIN OIL FROM CENTURIES OLD OLIVE TREES

A HERITAGE FOR MANKIND

These fantastic monuments with their enormous nutritional and beneficial content have been a part of our culture for thousands of years. The centuries old olive trees are part of the typical Calabrian landscape which they enhance with their imposing beauty and mysterious almost sacred magic. These splendid plants embody thousands of years of history and produce an oil which is even more splendid, precious and thus is destined for the elite consumer who loves quality and wishes to satisfy his taste and at the same time follow a healthy life style. Anyone who tastes this refined oil understands its identity and can imagine the flow of time over the centuries. This is an extra virgin olive oil which was conceived to satisfy the demands of both a luxury culinary market and of two brothers, Chef Nicola Macrina and the master oil expert Vito Macrina.

Tradition and innovation

Pressed cold, the extra virgin oil is produced from olives selected exclusively from centuries old olive trees growing on the family land.
The olives are hand-picked before reaching complete maturity and pressed with great care in order to safeguard the soul of the centuries old trees.
This luxury quality product with its excellent beneficial characteristics is all Italian and carries the label of Terre di Calabria.

TASTE:

Fruity, robust, the oil is limpid, pale green, with hints of golden yellow. It is endowed with an ample and captivating bouquet rich in traces of half ripe tomatoes and white apples. The taste is rich and elegant, slightly aromatic: pink pepper, almond and crushed apricots. At one and the same time, bitter, distinctive, spicy, decisive and harmonious.

FOOD MATCHES:

It is ideal to use when making a risotto instead of butter and gives excellent results. It can be used to marinade fresh fish, on thinly sliced raw meat, stock fish and salted cod, with pasta dishes, shellfish au gratin, roasted meat, game and oven baked lamb, fresh cheese, mushrooms and raw vegetables. It is delicious with truffles and caviar.