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Italian Gourmet	Italian Grand Cru Olive Oil Italian $28.50 Cat: Italian Gourmet Availability: Usually Ships in 24 Hours Product Code: 40512 Email me when Back-In-Stock

Description   This extra virgin Italian olive oil bears the distinction of being a 'Grand Cru'.  Grand Cru is defined by the following characteristics: 1.) Absolute guarantee on the products' geographic place of origin.  The Grand Cru are produced only using olives from top cultivations, of which the geographical location is declared and guaranteed.  The critical determining factor is therefore that none of the olives used are imported either from abroad or other Italian regions.  The Grand Cru are very high quality extra virgin olive oils with the guarantee to have a certain tupe of olive from a prestermined are of cultivation and is therefore particular in taste and flavour.  2.) Absolute guarantee of the variety of olive used.  Each Grand Cru is produced using a single variety of olives accureately selected by place of origin, decree of reipness and integrity of the fruits.  Also the methods of cultivation are monitored and controlled.  3.) Absolute guarantee of the organoleptic characteristics.  The Grand Cru have well defined characteristics in terms of taste, aroma and chemical-physical specifications, supported by laboratory analysis.  The qualities remain stable over the years.   *****  The most prized of Medi Terranea's Grand Cru oils, Getsemani is made exclusively from a single olive variety: the Olivastro. All modern olive trees descend from this ancient olive, originally called Oleastro. A thousand-year-old tree still stands near Jerusalem. In Abruzzo, a few rare Olivastro trees, hundreds of years old, still bear fruit. Small olives, large trees, and limited quantities make for a challenging harvest. These olives produce little oil, but what they do yield is extraordinary.  The oil is yellow gold with a tint of dark green. Unctuous, deep ripe olive aroma. Thick but not fatty mouth feel, flavors of fresh cut herbs. Mildly pungent finish. This combination of qualities, although unusual, is the pure expression of the olivastro variety of the olive, lovingly harvested and pressed.  **** The above information was sourced from the bottle packaging and the importer of this product.

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