BEST ITALIAN EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL
Luca Esposito receives Best Blend 2024 award at Vinitaly, from Gambero Rosso for Le Ferre extra virgin olive oil Selezione
Luca Esposito receives Best Blend 2024 award at Vinitaly, from Gambero Rosso for Le Ferre extra virgin olive oil Selezione
That is, the skilful blending of extra virgin olive oils selected in such a way that the olfactory and gustatory pleasures coincide with the sensory vision of the master blender, an expert connoisseur of oils, a professional of flavours. A blend is not a casual ‘mixture’ of oils. The oils selected for a blend are first chosen, and then dosed, so that they can achieve the bouquet of aromas and flavours that the master blender has decided to compose.
He creates harmonies of flavours, as a “perfumer” does with perfumes. He first imagines, and then studies, extra virgin olive oils that arise from his olfactory imagination or that require harmony, and then
characterizes the taste of each. The oil by just one variety of olive can be unbalanced or unwelcome for intrusive bitter or spicy, or could have the fruity too dull. He can create new tastes balancing and enriching the oils and, as a result, the olive oil offer
Free nose, clean palate, calm and concentration, care and extreme attention, preferably early in the morning. He selects the Monovarieties; doses the quantities of extra virgin olive oils chosen to achieve the bouquet of flavours he has in mind. He does not seek perfection, but the right composition for the oil he has already thought of. Like an orchestra leader, he will transform individual tastes into harmony!
Free nose, clean palate, calm and concentration, care and extreme attention, preferably early in the morning. He selects the Monovarieties; doses the quantities of extra virgin olive oils chosen to achieve the bouquet of flavours he has in mind. He does not seek perfection, but the right composition for the oil he has already thought of. Like an orchestra leader, he will transform individual tastes into harmony!
Selezione is a Blend of extra virgin olive oils, carefully researched and dosed with wisdom. Unique balance of flavours. Intense, ample, enveloping olfactory character, recognisable; soft body to the palate, intensity balanced by elegant harmony
