Tuscan Blend Extra Virgin Olive Oil from Olive Truck

2021 Harvest Field Blend Extra Virgin Olive Oil from California

Tasting notes

A blend of three Tuscan olive cultivars—Frantoio, Leccino and Pendolino—this extra virgin olive oil boasts notes of green apple, artichoke and arugula. Use this versatile olive oil as the base for vinaigrettes or swirl over creamy hummus with a sprinkling of Zahtar Spice Mix from Whole Spice Co. A medium-robust intensity oil.

Want more from Olive Truck? Check out their single-variety Picual and Taggiasca extra virgin olive oils.

About the Producer

To make great extra virgin olive oil, olives must be milled immediately after harvest. But olive mills are not always nearby olive groves, sometimes requiring the fruit to travel great distances before processing. Sam Bayraktar encountered this very issue when trying to achieve high-quality olive oils in his native Turkey. This inspired Sam to develop what would become Olive Truck—a mobile mill bringing the equipment to the grove instead of the other way around. After finding success in Turkey, Sam brought his olive truck—outfitted with state-of-the-art technology—to California. Now, Olive Truck is able to travel to the far reaches of the state to mill diverse cultivars and produce unique extra virgin olive oils.

Awards

• 2020 Los Angeles International Olive Oil Competition: Best of Class & Gold Medal
• 2020 New York International Olive Oil Competition (NYIOOC): Gold Medal
• 2020 California Olive Oil Council (COOC) Olive Oil Competition: Gold Medal