OIL NAME: LA QUERCE
TYPE: Extra Virgin Olive Oil
FARMER: La Querce di Massimo Marchi e C. s.a.s. PRODUCTION ZONE: Florence hill in the country of Impruneta.
OLIVE TREE SURFACE: 12,20 hectrares
NUMBER OF TREE: 2.574
AVERAGE HEIGHT: 250 meters a.s.l..
OLIVE VARIETY: Frantoio (about 30 %), Leccino (about 30 %), Moraiolo (about 30 %), Pendolino, Madonna dell’Impruneta and other varieties (about 10 %).
GROWING SYSTEM: specialized in “bush vase” METHOD OF HARVESTING: hand cropping. PERIOD OF HARVESTING: from the beginning of November to December 10th.
EXTRACTION PROCESS: in low temperature olive press..
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SETTLING SYSTEM AND FILTERING: natural settling in terracotta oil jars, with pours every two months, no filtration.
AVERAGE CHEMICAL DATA: oil acidity = less than 0,20 %; peroxides number = below 10; tocopherols = over 2000; polyhydric phenols = over 280.
QUANTITY PRODUCED: about 4.000 liters per year
PACKAGING: 250 ml, 500 ml and 1 liter square bottles of a dark colour .
TASTE: opal green colour, tending towards clear yellow in time, it is intense and elegant to the nose, rich in vegetable note of fresh grass and harmonic artichokes hints. To the taste, it is strong and with a personality, fruity with intense bitter-hot tones. |
