Mille - Extra virgin olive oil from wild wild olive

Origin
Produced in Italy. Mille is an oil produced from centuries-old wild olive shrubs that grow spontaneously on the banks of streams and streams, at 450 meters above sea level, in the Iblei Mountains area (south-eastern Sicily).
Collection
Hand picking. From 1st to 10th October.
Extraction
Solely mechanically, in a latest generation oil mill with continuous cycle 4.0 technology, two-phase extraction, without adding water and at a controlled "cold" temperature (max. 27 degrees)
I wait
Very intense green
Perfume
Fresh and very intensely fruity, with notes of green almond, thistle, fresh wild grass, freshly cut grass, chicory and fresh aromatic herbs.
Flavor / Aroma
Full-bodied with a pronounced and persistent bitterness and spiciness, presence of herbaceous notes, chicory and almond return in the mouth.
Use
A few drops on legume soups, in emulsion with balsamic vinegar for vegetable dips. As a hydrating oil on the face and body (due to its very high polyphenol content)
Ingredients
100% extra virgin olive oil

Mille Frantoi Cutrera extra virgin olive oil comes from the fruits of wild olive shrubs that grow spontaneously on the banks of streams and streams, at 450 meters above sea level, in the Monti Iblei area, in the south-eastern part of Sicily. In cultivation, these shrubs are often left aside because the fruits have a very low oil yield and it is not convenient to harvest them. Typically, around 18 kilos of these olives are needed to obtain a single liter of oil.

Despite its low yield, pressing wild olive olives has advantages: the oil obtained has a much higher content of natural antioxidants than other oils, especially phenolic compounds and vitamin E. In fact, its uses are so many. In the kitchen it can be considered a real nutraceutical, that is, a nutritional food with healthy properties. But it is also recommended for cosmetic uses, for example as an emollient and nourishing substance for the skin with anti-aging properties. Its use is even recommended for rheumatic pain and as an antiseptic.

The quality of our Mille oil is given to us by nature. But we refine it in the oil mill, thanks to our incessant research work. By combining study and experience, we have in fact created an innovative system that allows you to set, and therefore manage, every single process of the production plant based on a (secret) "recipe" personalized by cultivar, origin and state of ripeness. Thus we can standardize and enhance the organoleptic properties of each olive variety, drawing only the best from each and thus creating our special blends.