Fattoria Ambrosio 1938 Crux

Technical Features

Beautiful intense limpid golden yellow colour with delicate green hues.

Monocultivar: 100% Coratina

Size: 0.5L and 0.25L

Polyphenols: 779

Region: Cilento (Salerno)

Harvest: Hand Picking November 2021/2022

Uses: Crux is an intense and structurated oil with high gustatory persistence. It is particularly suitable with spicy Italian and International soups, baked or grilled meat.

Flavor/Aroma: Intense fruity with herbaceous notes associated with fresh almond and artichoke nuances. The taste confirms the olfactory scents, highlighting extreme fluidity, powerful structure and an excellent balance with bitter and spicy. The aroma is definite and rotund, rich in vegetal hints of artichoke and chickory, together with notes of aromatic herbs especially mint and rosemary.

97/100 Flos Olei 2022 - A Guide to the World of Extra Virgin Olive Oil

JOOP 2020 Best in Class - Japan Olive Oil Prize

Gambero Rosso Oli D'Italia 2020 - 2 Foglie Rosse (2 Red Leaves)

94/100 Premio Flos Olei 2020 - A Guide to the World of Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Olive Japan 2020 - TOSHIYA TADA Special Olive Oil Sommelier Award

JOOP 2020 Premio: Best in Class - Japan Olive Oil Prize

Olive Japan 2019 – Premier Medal

Case of 12

Fruity

Bitter

Spicy

Made by Fattoria Ambrosio 1938

Johnny Madge recently introduced us to this Producer of some of the finest extra virgin olive oils in Italy and perhaps the world. Indeed, Johnny's introduction to our Tour group visiting his mill in the Cilento area during the fall of 2019 was quite spectacular (but now I feel underrated), as "the great Massimo Ambrosio" of Cilento!

Massimo's mill, brand new and equipped with the latest technological advances for milling extra virgin olive oil was well hidden in the countryside, "off the beaten path" surrounded by "geometric groves" of olives.

We were enormously fortunate to have Massimo host us as he started up his mill and we were able to watch all the fascinating steps he and his assistant took to produce the iridescent, green extra virgin olive oil (see images) we all tasted straight out of the centrifuge!

Our guests have asked repeatedly since, when we would we be able to offer this spectacular extra virgin on our website. Well, now it's here...

Crux