As in the rest of the Italian peninsula in this extreme angle to the northeast the production promises to be rich and healthy.
Clearly the climate that we'll experience in the next few weeks will still affect the oily degree and the quality of the harvest, but so far we can say that here in Trieste the hot not overly dry summer and the relative low humidity, thanks to the rather constant presence of ventilation and fresh gusts of Bora, have led to a particularly healthy production. We must also thank the favorable climate that during the flowering/fruit set in June appeared quite stable. The production situation is therefore rather homogeneous in all Parovel's olive groves, both in terms of quantity and quality with a good flesh/kernel ratio and also the olive fly was stopped by the drought and strong heat of July. The olive oil campaign in Trieste and in particular in the area of San Dorligo della Valle - Dolina will begin soon in the mid/late October and the olives that will be pressed first will be those of Leccino, Pendolino, Leccio del Corno, Maurino, and Buga (another olive tree native of our area along with Carbona or Cernica), the last one will be the Bianchera variety.
All these are the plants we've been growing for decades in our olive groves, in the Friuli Venezia Giulia San Dorligo della Valle - Dolina was the first facility in intensive olive grove (1985) with a pioneering work by 4 producers Trieste, including our company with dad Zoran Parovel then to run. What makes the virgin product in this area so unique? The ripening always depends from exposure as well as for all the fruits - we must never forget that in fact the olive is a fruit - and in the territory of San Dorligo della Valle / Dolina we have micro-zones characterized by their own microclimate, which it contributes to the early or late ripening.
2015 is therefore very satisfactory to all growers in the province of Trieste, both in terms of quality and quantity: we anticipate that it will be like the year 2013, approx 2,800 tons for a total of approx 45,000 liters of extra virgin olive oil.
The last word on this vintage textbook will finally be entrusted to the tasting panel of the Chamber of Commerce of Trieste that certifies the DOP Tergeste quality and will assess and draw up the organoleptic characteristics, which are set to be optimal.
The extra virgin olive oil is valuable for our health, always ;choose a quality one (and this year you can go wild!)