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DOP Umbria
- appellation: DOP Umbria - Colli Martani
- altitude: 200-300 metres above sea level
- olive varieties: Frantoio, Leccino, Moraiolo (selected and certified varieties)
- harvesting system: by hand
- extraction system: cold continuous cycle
- bouquet: persistently fruity with grassy hints
- colour: brilliant green with topaz reflections
- flavour: decisively bitter, with contained spiciness
- density: medium fluidity
- acidity: according to legislation (approx. 0.30)
- focus: both in Umbria and in Tuscany, wine producers are often also olive oil producers and the two crops characterize both the landscape and the cuisine; Umbrian oil is balanced and perfect for cooking and used raw; a synergy between wine and oil, pillars of the Mediterranean diet
- anecdotes: Lungarotti olive oil is proudly Umbrian and as early as the 1960’s, many years before the DOP appellation, it indicated its origin on the label
- format: 250 ml; 500 ml
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