Description
Milleanni 2022 offers an intriguing bouquet, with fruity sensations of medium intensity characterized by herbaceous hints that intertwine with typical scents of artichoke and green tomato on the palate it is soft and persistent with bitter and spicy chasing each other elegantly; notes of dry fruit enhance the balance.
Denomination
Olio Extravergine di Oliva
Variety
Nocellara del Belìce, Biancolilla, Cerasuola, Pidicuddara
Production Area
Contessa Entellina estate and neighboring territories, South West Sicily
At the table
A versatile oil that excels drizzled over meat, fish, even delicate, and vegetable dishes.
The Contessa Entellina estate: Where Donnafugata began
Milleanni 2022 confirms itself as olive oil with great personality and elegance, characterized by a pleasantly fruity bouquet with bitter and spicy that twine harmoniously. A versatile oil that excels drizzled over meat, fish, even delicate, and vegetable dishes.
Production zone: South-western Sicily, in the Valle del Belice area, in the plots located in Mazzaporro, Pandolfina and Predicatore.
Denomination Extra Virgin Olive Oil.
Cultivar: Nocellara del Belìce, Biancolilla, Cerasuola and Pidicuddara.
Harvest time: the olive harvest takes place at the beginning of veraison when the accumulation of polyphenolic substances is at the highest level; the different cultivars were harvested in October.
Harvesting method: olives are hand stripped or are picked with the help of mini electric harvesters.
Extraction methods: milling immediately after the harvest by means of a cold extraction system, in a continuous cycle, that carries out the malaxation step (mixing the olive paste to facilitate the separation of the oil) in a controlled atmosphere, allowing you to best preserve the aromatic components.
Analysis data: Acidity: 0.15 %; Peroxid value: 7.7 meqO2/Kg olio; Total phenols (expressed as caffeic acid equivalents): 282 mg/Kg
Tasting notes: Milleanni 2022 offers an intriguing bouquet, with fruity sensations of medium intensity characterized by herbaceous hints that intertwine with typical scents of artichoke and green tomato on the palate it is soft and persistent with bitter and spicy chasing each other elegantly; notes of dry fruit enhance the balance.
Serving suggestion: a versatile oil that excels drizzled over meat, fish, even delicate, and vegetable dishes.
Art & Oil: olive cultivation in Sicily boasts a millenary tradition. In the landscape robust twisted trunks, centuries old and still productive, stand majestically among young olive trees. Milleanni was born here, among timeless scents and fragrances, while the wind plays among the foliage of one of the many female figures of Donnafugata. A woman - olive tree, a symbol of serenity and well-being.