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<pre>EVO shoud be well balanced in flavour. A green oil usually indicates an
early crush. I can remember sitting in the house of an estate inFlorence
with the manager, Maurizio Lambardi and Georgio Bertolini of the CNR
Scandicci - eating green olive oil with bread, cheese and red wine.

Getting back to the oil - one must look for fruitiness, bitterness and
pungency - but these must be in balance so that one of these does not
overpower the rest. Oils that are too bitter and pungent are best
blended with other oils.

eg Frantoio with Leccino

Stan Kailis
Australia
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