Barbera Lorenzo #3 (2 pack) Organic Extra Virgin DOP Oilive Oil 500ml bottles from Sicily, Italy
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Barbera Lorenzo #3 (2 pack) Organic Extra Virgin DOP Oilive Oil 500ml bottles from Sicily, Italy
Certified DOP
From organic farming
From the best fruit of the olive groves of central Sicily, like many precious emeralds hanging from the branches of trees, we get a unique oil, a product of fidelity to organic farming and love of tradition. The result of such scrupulous attention is a precious extra virgin that is fruity, delicate, with light spicy notes in the finish. This superb oil, produced from the Biancolilla olive, is a DOP oil from the region of Val di Mazara in central Sicily. The olives are picked by hand the last week of October through first week of November. This yellow-gold oil of medium density has the aroma of green almonds and is ideal for all raw applications and seafood. It all began long ago in 1888 when the Barbera family, who managed a flourishing farm in Menfi in the province of Agrigento, decided to settle on a splendid estate in San Lorenzo ai Colli. Not far from the city of Palermo, they purchased a 17th-century hunting lodge that once served as the home of the Prince of Buonfornello. At the time, it was common for illustrious Palermo residents to move outside of the city to properties with large and verdant grounds. In the estate of San Lorenzo ai Colli, Lorenzo Barbera, the family patriarch, a man with a strong temperament, together with his brother Vincenzo, began the farm by cultivating mainly olives and citrus. Their oil production was an immediate success and soon after, in 1894, through an ambitious partnership with the Florio family, one of the most powerful and notorious families of the time, the "Oleifici Siciliani" company was born. This year marked the beginning of a long and fortunate history of quality Sicilian oil, renowned throughout the world.