Organoleptic profile
COLOR: yellow with intense green reflections.
SCENT: medium fruity enriched with herbal notes.
TASTE: harmonious and enveloping, with very pleasant and balanced bitterness and spiciness and with clear sensations of freshly cut grass, fresh almond, and artichoke
Chemical analysis
ACIDITY: 0,17%
PEROXIDES: 6,2 meq
POLYPHENOLS: 670 mg/kg
Technical data
OLIVES ORIGIN: Azienda Agricola Nicola Converso
NAME OLIVE GROVE: Donna Felicia
PRODUCTION AREA: Rossano – Calabria (Italy)
EXPOSITION: West
ALTITUDE: 70 above sea level
AVERAGE RAINFALL: 700 mm/year
IRRIGATION: drip Irrigation
SOIL: rich in texture and well-drained
PROCESSING PERFORMED: manual pruning, shredding of organic residues
CERTIFICATION BODY: Bioagricert
CULTIVAR: Dolce di Rossano, Cima di Melfi
PLANT: secular and young olive trees
HARVESTING METHOD: Harvesting with mechanical facilitators
PLACE OF EXTRACTION: Caloveto, Calabria (Italy) – Frantoio Benincasa
PRESSING METHOD: Continuous cycle plant, 3 phases, with little addition of water
HARVEST TIME: From October 5th to October 20.
MILLING TIME FROM THE HARVEST: 3 hours
STORAGE OLIVE: perforated plastic boxes
FILTER: cotton filters
Certifications and chemical analysis
Organic certification: download
Chemical analysis (year 2019-2020): download