Olive Oil tasting

I am an olive oil lover and consumer, not an olive oil expert. But every October it is my special enjoyment to taste the different new oils. This year I started with the oils from Podere "il Sasso", "il Poggiolo" and "Tenuta Salviano".  You see the  4  oils in the picture. The price range was between  11 and 22 Euros /l. Unfortunately the predicate "extra virgin olive oil" is without any meaning of quality. What they sell you as EVO in the supermarket for 5 Euros/bottle is a totally different product from the oils tasted here. Knowing a bit about the production process in the field and after, I consider 11 Euros/l really a bottom line price.

The most expressive oils with many taste nuances were the two from Pogliano, the Oil from the Sasso was excellent, but not as good as last year. But I have to admit: I preferred the oil from Salviano (the deep green one); I think I got the first oil directly from the tank. They had not filled it in bottles and canisters. I liked it, because it is sweeter and a bit less phenolic, I  know, a very personal judgement and for some foods I cannot do without the oils from the "Sasso" people.

...the wines