Description
Virgin Press EVOO is created by picking in the mornings and then to our traditional hydraulic press rooms for the afternoon press where we produce the finest limited quantity Artisanal Extra Virgin Olive Oil – all under 12 hours from picking to pressed oil.
We have 3 traditional presses with a 4th coming for the 2017 harvest which will help with demand and guaranteed to be picked and pressed on the same day all within 12 hours!!!!!
Pressing with the older hydraulic presses is not about quantity but completely focused on quality and flavour – the traditional presses enable us to control the process by squeezing the paste more gently. We aim for a beautifully balanced oil with mild pepper and a smooth slight grassy flavour with a hint of citrus bite and then a final good back of throat pepper tickle.
Virgin press is readily indentified by the picture of an old press on the side of the bottle beside the label. The cultivars for these oils are J5, Frantoio and Ascalano.
These 3 may be picked and pressed together to create a unique mixed oil (note we DO NOT blend oils) – we pick and press different olives together to try and produce the very best taste possible and we produce this oil using the traditional presses because we genuinely love it- it is much slower but it means we handle the olives fully from the tree to the oil and you can’t speed this up as we have to crush it, malaxe it and then load it onto the mats in the press and then watch the oil slowly seep out.
These oils are only available in 250ml, 500ml and 750ml bottles.
SHIPPING
Shipping rates are displayed once you reach the checkout page depending on whether items are going to the North Island or the South Island. Please note that the shipping rate is per carton (up to 6 bottles). If you want to order more than six bottles the shipping charge is then doubled.
