Description
- Since 2005 Mas Des Bories has Globally Won 20 Gold or Silver Medals (and mostly GOLD), this doesn't even include Bronze Medals. There are a million olive farmers who would LOVE to win 20 Gold or Silver Medals. Why does a producer rise to the top and not others? A quick read of our new blog Mas Des Bories on WordPress will show you why. Mas des Bories is the brand you should buy when you are seeking the BEST. You want the best, and we work hard to BE the BEST.
- 2016 Aglandau has a robust flavor that is not bitter. It is more fruity and flowery, not really herbal or green. A big scam IMHO, is describing olive oil as buttery. Many times I have tasted olive oil in high end US grocery stores and the staff will tell me that the oil is buttery, however upon tasting the oil is SO NOT buttery. It is a term used to sell olive oil, "Oh it is buttery." It's an appealing term however I mostly find it to be deceptive. A few times our oil has been truly buttery.
- <p>All Olives are Grown on <b>our</b> Olive Farm in Salon de Provence France & pressed on site in our own state of the art mill. See how we do it as described in our new Blog, Mas des Bories on WordPress, Moulin page. Amazon does not permit is to link to it.</p> We put our name on the back labels, look for it.
- Early Harvest. In France this is known as Fruité Vert. Important because the early harvest oil has a richer flavor and more polyphenols. See our new Mas des Bories Blog on WordPress, the Organic and Polyphenols page. Amazon does not permit us to link to it. <p>It is more work to early harvest and produces less oil per kilo of olives than late harvest. Quality vs Quantity, Mas Des Bories focuses on Quality.</p>
- Yearly we test sample a few vats to certify the oil meets the European Union regulation of "Extra Virgin." ALL of our olive oils are way under the max impurity limits of the Extra Virgin Designation. See our new Blog Mas Des Bories on Word Press, the Laboratory Tests Page, to see 5 years of our actual Laboratory Test Results. <p>One reason why is because we filter our oil through sheets of pure cotton. On our Blog see the Filter vs Non Filter page.</p>
The geographic origin of the Aglandau Olive is the area around Aix-en-Provence France which is near where we live. It is a popular olive tree in Provence France, it has a high yield for the farmers, typically 6.5 to 7.5 Kilo of olives for one liter of olive oil cold pressed, not heated. The Aglandau is the French Varietal with the most piquant & let me explain that. The word in French is ardente, directly translated into English, fiery. There is a difference between ardente and bitter. Bitter olive oil enters your mouth and you immediately find it bitter, not pleasant at all, you want to spit it out. Olive oil with ardente enters your mouth wonderful, it is very fruity and flavorful, very pleasant, only after you swallow, it leaves a pepper kick in the back of your throat. It is a pepper kick, not a BITTER kick, or as they say in French it's fiery (ardente).You should not be afraid of olive oils with a little bit of ardente in them, it is going to take cooking well and not fall flat, blah. Why buy an olive oil that is too bland, and then when you cook with them they impart absolutely NO flavor. Aglandau is flavorful, when you cook with it your food is going to be flavorful, and when you cook with it you do not in fact taste any pepper kick at all, that is only when you drink it pure like we Judges do. It is NOT green tasting, some Italian Olive Oils are not pleasant at all they taste green, bitter, not ALL Italian oils, but a lot of them. It is hard to describe the flavor of the Aglandau olive it's delicious, there is much variance year over year, it's sensitive to the weather, like fine wines, it's fruity with a GOOD robust flavor. We are very careful to pick the Aglandau at the right moment of ripeness. If we pick it to early the oil will NOT be ardente, in fact it will be bitter. We always pick the Aglandau last. Read more on our new blog Mas des Bories on WordPress, the Harvest page, Amazon will not permit us to link to it.
