Quinta do Crasto Olive Oil Premium Extra Virgin
€ 17.84 / 50 cl
| Producer | Quinta do Crasto |
| Region | Douro |
Crasto’s Premium extra virgin olive oil: rich, full and flavourful.
Tasting note
A rich, full and flavourful oil of superior quality.
The story
Olive oil is as old as the wine tradition in the Douro. Crasto works fully organically, although the estate is not certified. The olives, of the Portuguese varieties Cobrançosa and Madural, are carefully selected and carried in small 25 kg crates.
Food pairing
Lovely with olive bread and a pinch of sea salt, or in salads.
The producer
Quinta do Crasto lies on the right bank of the Douro, between Régua and Pinhão, in the heart of the Cima Corgo. The quinta is recorded as early as 1615, and in 1918 the Port merchant Constantino de Almeida bought the estate. His descendants still own it: in the 1980s Leonor de Almeida and her husband Jorge Roquette began modernising the vineyards, and since 1994 Crasto has released its wines under its own name.
The vineyards lie on steep schist terraces, with many very old field-blend vines, such as Vinha da Ponte and Vinha Maria Teresa. Crasto also owns Quinta da Cabreira in the Douro Superior, the source of the Superior wines.
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