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Tasting Notes 2008 As at 10-Aug-08 About Chapman Hill: The Chapman Hill olive grove is only 75kms north of Melbourne and nestles in a gently sloped valley rich in ironstone. With the Great Dividing Range as its surrounds, it’s a picture-perfect place for Ross and Sarah Thomson to nurture and bottle three, single estate varietals – New Norcia, Frantoio and Leccino. 2008 saw an early harvest at the end of June, when each variety was picked and pressed within hours, ensuring bright, fruit-rich oils of exceptional quality. New Norcia Petit profile: Mild and buttery
Best use: a good summer oil for fish, or a tomato, fresh basil and buffalo mozzarella salad. New Norcia is a varietal that evolved through natural cross-pollination over a century ago at the New Norcia Monastery in Western Australia, where the Benedictine monks produced their own olive oil and baked their own bread. Only a handful of Australian groves propagate this variety, and the hot, dry summers and cold, windy winters of the Heathcote region seem to suit it very well. You’ll notice aromas of freshly harvested hay and nut flesh with hints of pink and green peppercorn and a touch of blossom. On the palate it is soft, mild and buttery, with a sunniness that we think captures this year’s hotter season. Frantoio Petit profile: Classically Tuscan with bright, rich fruit
Best use: Drizzle over a salad of bolder flavours, such as fennel and radicchio. Also perfect with your favourite chunk of bread. Frantio is asn Italian an oil as you can get. The word ‘frantoio’ refers to the press that the entire town brings their fruit to, in order press the olives grown in their own groves, for their own personal use.
This is a slightly more robust yet elegant oil, with bright fruit aromas of apple and kiwifruit. It has a fuller, more masculine body and a lovely viscosity on the palate. It has a pinch of bitterness with a moderate amount of pepper. Leccino Petit profile: A bolder oil, with a lovely peppery zing.
Best use: drizzle on risotto, osso bucco or other rich braises. Also great on a free range chook roasted with lemon, thyme and bay leaf. Leccino is an Italian varietal, and in its homeland in the Tuscan hills it receives snow every two to three years. It reveres a cooler climate and so enjoys our Heathcote winter. It has heightened green herb aromatics as well as lime, and on the palate, wild herbs such as rosemary wood and thyme. It has a sharp presence but is not bitter, showcasing a full flavour that finishes with a lovely peppery zing.
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Chapman Hill Extra Virgin Olive Oil
is available in three single varietal releases:
Frantoio, Leccino and New Norcia.
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