NEW YORK, Jan. 13, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- O&CO., a
Provence-based purveyor of premier Extra Virgin olive oils and
exceptional Mediterranean culinary products, has just unveiled
Affiorato, the very first eagerly anticipated olive oil from the
2017 harvest. Each year, O&CO.'s team of dedicated
experts including Éric Verdier, O&CO.'s Sensorial Analyst,
travel the Mediterranean to hand-select O&CO.'s Extra Virgin
olive oils from the regions' finest artisanal growers. This
year, O&CO. has chosen a truly remarkable Affiorato, from the
OLIS domain, pressed from 100% Nocellara de Belice olives and
produced by Sicily's Massimiliano
Geraci, whose family has been producing Extra Virgin olive oil
since the late nineteenth century. The Nocellara del Belice –
an indigenous and precious olive cultivar – can be considered as a
symbol of the Sicilian tradition. The 2017 Affiorato is just
the first of a variety of oils from the new harvest, which will
include over 25 additional hand-selected oils from a variety of
countries, including France,
Italy, Greece, Portugal and Spain, and will be available at retail
locations and online in the U.S. in March
2017.
The term "Affiorato" means "surfacing" in Italian and is used to
describe a traditional oil pressing technique. Once the olives have
been picked and pressed, oil naturally separates from the olive
juice and rises to the surface of the storage vat. The
"floating" oil – Affiorato – is then skimmed, processed and
bottled. O&CO. worked alongside grower Massimiliano Geraci to produce this unique,
grassy oil, which was harvested in mid-October 2016 and was just recently bottled
and shipped to O&CO. boutiques around the world.
O&CO. adheres to a rigorous selection process to
determine the quality of the estate's terroir and the craftsmanship
of the product. The Geraci groves are situated in Partanna,
in the province of Trapani, Sicily, a region known for its green and
intense olive oils- an area perfectly adapted to an early harvest,
with its volcanic, fertile soil and long periods of Mediterranean
sunshine, resulting in ideal growing conditions and an outstanding
quality of oil, which have been recognized with numerous awards and
prizes. Due to O&CO.'s meticulous sourcing process, which
preserves the integrity of the oils and ensures the highest quality
product, production of the new Affiorato is strictly limited in
quantity (only 500 tins are available in the U.S.) and is exclusive
to O&CO.
O&CO.'s Affiorato is an all-occasion finishing oil with
notes of freshly cut grass, tomato leaf, and almond. A
genuine nectar with a perfectly balanced taste and a creamy, soft
finish. This fresh vegetal flavor profile makes it a great match
for vegetables, soups, tomatoes, goat cheese, roasted meats and
poultry, mashed potatoes, and of course, for bread dipping.
Packaged in a beautiful olive green tin, the 2017 Affiorato
is a rare monovarietal oil, which epitomizes the freshness and
quality for which O&CO. is known. The Affiorato is
available in O&CO.'s 2 retail locations in the U.S. as well as
online (www.oliviersandco.com).
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