Olive oil - Aceite de oliva - Olivenöl - ελαιόλαδο - оливковое масло - オリーブ油 - 橄榄油 - زيت الزيتون - 올리브 기름

TUSCANY

Tuscany represents an olive growing region of excellence; local olive growers produce oil of great merit, yet very different in their styles. The introduction of the olive goes back, without a doubt, to the Etruscans as other rgions had abandoned olive growing after the fall of Imperial Rome, and the great olive groves were surviving only throught the grace of religious convents and abbeys. FOLLOWing the initiative by the Medici, especially Lorenzo The Magnificent, in which they made olive cultivation one of the principal resources of the region, they granted large extensions of forest land to communities, with the requirement of leasing to them

only if they would transform them into olive groves. The climate in Tuscany is particularly harsh in winter and not favorable for propagation, and even as recently as 1985 a heavy frost olive growing endangered olive growing. Regional production is protected under an "ICP", which covers all of Tuscany and two DOP which are: "Chianti Classifco", and "Terre di Siena". The most reknown zones are : Chianti, the Florentine Hills, the slopes of Monte Albano, Rufina, The Siena Hills (particularly Montalcino and Montepulciano). Other intersting producers are from: Lucchesia, the Aretini Hill, the Hills of Pisa and the provinces of Livorno and Grosseto. The major varieties are : "Moraiolo", "Leccino", "Frantoio", "Pendolini", "Correggiolo";and less well known but still important for typical Tuscan oil are: "Allora", "Arancio", "Ciliegino", "Colombino", "Cuoricino", "Ginestrino", "Giogolino", "Gremignolo", "Grossaio", "Lastrino", "Lazzero", "Leccio del corno", "Madremignola", "Melaiolo", "Morcone", "Mortellino", "Ornellaia", "Piangente", "Piturzello", "Quercetano", "Rosino", "Rossello", "Salicino", "Tondello", "Trillo".

Prodotti Tipici - Typical Products - Productos Típicos - typische Produkte - 典型的なプロダクト - 典型的产品