The hand-harvest Coratina olive oil from South Africa contains predominantly dark green, leafy aromas and balanced flavors of green tea and nettle. This oil is robust with very high fruitiness, bitterness, and pungency. Complex aromas and flavors of green, herbal undertones are contrasted by green banana, mint, cinnamon, black and chili pepper.
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The Favolosa olive, or FS-17 variety, was developed in Italy in the 80’s and exists primarily in small plantings worldwide. This oil is an excellent example of a well-balanced, medium-robust mouthfeel and flavor intensity with predominant flavor notes of fresh, spicy, green herbs – especially green apple – with balanced notes of mint, black, and chili pepper. -
The 2023 crush green Picual is a fine example of a fresh, robust intensity olive oil with excellent balance. It has a wonderful, robust, herbal, floral, and ripe olive fruity aroma. This oil is very complex with some ripe fruit character that smooths out the dominant leafy, herbaceous, green banana, green tea, nettle, and black pepper flavors.