Barbera Lorenzo #1 (2 pack) Organic Extra Virgin DOP Olive Oil 500ml bottles from Sicily, Italy

"Lorenzo n.1" is a high quality extra virgin olive oil obtained from the selection of the best olives from organic farming, grown in a P.D.O. (Protected Denomination of Origin) area. The olives used are the ideal ones to produce a P.D.O. Valli Trapanesi extra virgin olive oil, one of the most prestigious Sicilian P.D.O.s. The result is a product with a very strong personality, with the typical fragance that recalls the fresh fruit and with a pleasant almond aftertaste. This superb oil, produced from the Cerasuola olive, is a DOP oil from the region of Val di Mazara in western Sicily. The olives are picked by hand the last week of October through first week of November. This brilliant green oil (with golden yellow reflections) of medium density has a spicy & herbaceous aroma. It has an Intense fruity flavor and well-rounded taste with green tomato and almond finish. Use it to perfect great dishes, to enhance the flavor of all dishes of the Italian cuisine. 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.