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<pre>Hi Chew, hi Marco,

I am a bit puzzled when you point to the relation between Leccino and
bitternes.

By and large (at least in most parts of Italy) oils from Leccino tend to be
associated with a relative varietal "sweetness" (or possibly more
correctly, just with lack of bitterness).

I have in mind a few monovarietal oils (from the north - Garda Bresciano,
down to the center of the country, in the area of Bolgheri, Tuscany) which
confirm this.

Based on the above I guess that if your oils from Leccino are bitter, this
could be related to the olive crushing/extraction techniques rather then else.

Regards,

Tomaso



At 11:23 AM 6/24/2002 +0200, you wrote:
>Dear Chew,
>
>I have Leccino, Frantoio and Moraiolo varieties.
>
>Leccino (and also moraiolo), gave a more bitter and fluid oils with respect
>to frantoio.
>
>Frantoio by the others gave erbaceus oil from an organoleptic point of view.
>
>Usually central Italy top quality olive oil are a bit bitter because of
>moraiolo and leccino presence but bitterness must not be higher.
>
>I suggest you to send the oil to a Panel committee or specialized person
>which can taste the oil.
>
>High bitterness may came from the stop of defoliator during extraction
>process, which increase the amount of chlorophyl.
>
>This pratic should not be encouraged because of a too higher bitterness of
>derived oils.
>
>
>Cordially
>
>Marco Bettini
>http://www.aziendabettini.com
>
>
>
>-----Messaggio originale-----
>Da: OLIVES [mailto:birding@...]
>Inviato: domenica 23 giugno 2002 10.29
>A: OliveOil@yahoogroups.com
>Oggetto: [OliveOil] Leccino Oil
>
>
>Hi,
>
>Just an enquiry about oil from the variety Leccino. Recently I had some of
>mine pressed into oil when they were all towards the 'darker' colour stage.
>They seem to have a rather bitter base (perhaps a bit too). Is this normal?
>Oils from my Picual and Frantoio were just great.. Can anyone share some
>experiences with their Leccino oil?
>Thanks,
>L. Chew.
>
>
>
>
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