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Monovarietals are the olive oils made from a single variety of olives<\/strong>. Usually they are harvested and their oil is extracted from the mill individually.
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Each variety has its own flavor and aroma, which will be fundamental in the preparation of the blends.
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The blends are made with the mixture of these monovarietal oils according to the profile that the producers want to give to the batch<\/strong>: more bitter, more spicy, balanced, etc. They will take into account the individual characteristics of each monovarietal to produce the blend with the desired profile.
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Here are three examples of olives:
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– Cobran\u00e7osa:<\/strong> its olive oil has a light fruitiness with green herbs notes. It has a slightly bitter and spicy flavor (when harvested green) or sweet and mild (when harvested ripe).<\/span>
– Verdeal:<\/strong> the resulting oil is very fine, with a strong, persistent fruitiness, with leaf green and a very bitter and spicy flavor.<\/span>
– Madural:<\/strong> olive oil also bitter and spicy, with a fruity with notes of green leaves.
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These three varieties are present in Casa de Santo Amaro olive oils. What differs them are the proportions of each one in each batch. The Grande Escolha<\/strong> is made with Madural<\/strong> and Verdeal<\/strong>, the Praemium<\/strong> with Verdeal<\/strong> and Cobran\u00e7osa<\/strong>, and the Prestige<\/strong> with the three: Madural, Verdeal and Cobran\u00e7osa<\/strong>. Thus, three different olive oils are made, with different profiles, aromas and flavors despite having a common origin.<\/span><\/p>\n