One of our partners, Alfonso Fernández, a great wine and oil sommelier, and a good friend, who is always looking for new Spanish products to project, (we recommend his anchovy vinegar and the sweet seasoning based on Montilla wine) has made us a tasting of a selection of 4 of our most precious EVOOs in MadeinSpain.store Let's find out what are your opinions of vintage oils 2020.
The Extra Virgin Oils This year in Spain they have continued to be excellent products that will undoubtedly delight those who want to enjoy them. We have selected with our partner Alfonso Fernandez, to 4 brands for which we bet from the beginning in MadeinSpain. Marked by a profile of entrepreneurs behind them, they are safe bets for us. This is the opinion of a great expert such as Alfonso.
EVOO Sietemil (picual)
“In the mouth it has an intense leafy green fruity with a pleasant level of aromatic complexity (something that is appreciated in picuales) olive leaf, tomato, artichoke, allozas, aromatic herbs romero (I know why you like Israel) in the mouth it has less intensity and a good balance of bitter and spicy that is compensated after a while (at first it enters bitter, but not angry and leaves the mouth very clean without aggressiveness). The aftertaste shows olive leaf, green olive, almond and artichoke. It can be classified as a smooth and complex picual.
BUY EVOO SIETEMIL
EVOO Ed'o
White bottle (arbequina)
- Arbequina variety
- Ripe light fruity
“From my point of view, this oil has become too ripe, it has very ripe tomato and orange notes and a very well-defined retro nasal almond. On the palate it is a very smooth oil but the over-ripening notes penalize it. Fermentations can be seen that lower the score ”.
Black bottle, ecological (arbequina)
- Arbequina variety
- Medium-intense fruity
- Green / ripe
“Apple, banana, almond and an interesting citrus (mandarin). In the mouth it is very pleasant with a certain complexity and notes of apple at first, leaving a retro taste of apple "
BUY ED'O PURE EVOO - BUY ECOLOGICAL ED'O EVOO
Oleum 1948
Ecological (Arbequina)
“Powerful Arbequina with an original green leaf litter. Intense fruity with notes of green apple, banana peel, allozas, hay and certain notes of avocado. In the mouth, almonds, leaves and banana are appreciated. Medium hotness and a good balance of sweetness and astringency ”.
Ecological (Picual)
“Intense leafy green fruity with notes of allozas, green tomato and tomato and aromatic and wild herbs with a certain hint of green pepper. In the mouth it is powerful with a good balance of bitterness and spiciness and aftertaste of leaves and green olives ”.
BUY 1948 OLEUM ARBEQUINA - BUY 1948 OLEUM PICUAL
Farmhouse of the Prado (Hojiblanca)
“Medium fruity with green and ripe notes of daisy stems, leaves, wild herbs and ripe kiwi. On the palate it is sweet with hardly any bitterness and a good balance with persistent and rising spiciness. Certain aftertaste notes of grass and dried fruits ”.
BUY CORTIJO DEL PRADO
AUTHOR: Alfonso J Fernández, extra virgin taster and selector
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