One more year, the EVOOLEUM Guide, from the Mercacei Editorial Group, presents
the 100 best Extra Virgin Olive Oils in the world
, and for the first time since the prestigious publication was launched seven years ago, the ranking is headed,
ex aequo,
by two oils :
the Spanish Rincón de la Subbética Altitude
and the Italian Monini Monocultivar Coratina Bio.
The top 10 of the list is completed by three other Spaniards, three Italians, a Croatian and a Brazilian.
Spain wins by a landslide as far as the best producers of
liquid gold
are concerned.
According to the seventh edition of this bible in the oil world, which has just been released on the market (19.50 euros),
of the 100 best oils on the planet, 63 belong to our country.
A jury made up of the 26 most renowned tasters in the world from Spain, Italy, Greece, Germany, Portugal, Israel, Argentina, Japan, France and the USA are in charge of choosing the excellent ones among the more than 800 samples received from 20 countries. , including Brazil, which this year debuts on the list.
The
Rincón de la Subbética Altitude
, from Almazaras de la Subbética, from Córdoba, is joined in the top ten by the other Spanish
Parqueoliva Serie Oro
, also from the Subbética cooperative,
Puerta de las Villas Picual Temprano
, from Jaén, and
Fuente del King,
from Cordoba (Spain).
In addition to the list, the guide, whose
prologue has been
written by renowned chefs Pía León,
from the Kjolle restaurant (Lima, Peru), and
Virgilio Martínez
, from Central (Lima, Peru), details a file for each extra virgin oil with the origin, characteristics, varieties, type of olive grove, olive oil tourism activities, organic certification, Kosher or Halal, scoring, tasting and pairing, accompanied by an image of its packaging.
The publication includes recipes from
Elena Arzak
, visits spas with beauty treatments with EVOO and proposes pairings of oils with cheese and wine, among other things.
top ten
1. Monini Monocultivar Coratina Bio
(97 points).
Variety: Coratina.
Perugia (Italy)
1.
Corner of the Subbética Altitude
(97 points).
Variety: hojiblanca.
Cordoba (Spain)
3.
Don Gioacchino
(96 points).
Variety: Coratina.
Apulia (Italy)
4.
Monini Monocultivar Frantoio Bio
(96 points).
Variety: Frantoio.
Perugia (Italy)
5. Parqueoliva Gold Series
(95 points).
Variety: picuda, hojiblanca.
Cordoba (Spain)
6. La Patràun
(95 points).
Variety: peranzana.
Apulia (Italy)
7. Early Picual Villas Gate
(95 points).
Variety: picual.
Jaen (Spain)
8. Monte Rosso Grand Selection
(94 points).
Varieties: leccino, bianchera istriana.
Istria (Croatia)
9.
Fountain of the King
(94 points).
Varieties: hojiblanca, picuda.
Cordoba (Spain)
10. Azeite Sabiá Special Blend
(94 points).
Varieties: arbosana, arbequina, koroneiki.
Sao Paulo (Brazil)
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