The olive oil from Sorrento

If I tell you Sorrento what does it come to mind?
Sun, sea, nature, and good food of course. Besides, in a similar landscape, the enogastronomy cannot be outdone.

 Scialatielli with seafood, inviting gnocchi alla Sorrentina, caprese salad, delizie al limone, baba limoncello, homemade ice cream, lemons, oranges, walnuts, tomatoes ... and it’s  better to finish it here.
One of the diamond point of the Sorrentine cuisine is undoubtedly the olive oil, whose colture, and culture, it is best expressed by the special climatic conditions, the composition of the soil and the variety of olives. Not surprisingly, the Sorrento olive oil obtained from the European community trademark of the PDO.

The oil of Sorrento has a fruity taste, a straw-yellow enlivened with green reflections and a slightly fruity flavor. At the nose the fruity smell of rosemary and mint.
The olive oil dop of Sorrento is made exclusively from olives Minucciola and Ogliarona quality (amount not less than 65%) and olive Rotondella, Frantoi and Leccino (amount not greater than 35%).

For all these features the Sorrento olive oil goes well with dishes based on fish and vegetables.
If you cannot purchase on-site the olive oil from Sorrento, it is possible to purchase on line on the olive oil shop Sorrentolio, an historical oil company of the Sorrento peninsula, mill by the end of the nineteenth century. In addition to olive oil dop, the Sorrentolio also produces delicious oils like truffle olive oil, olive oil with lemon and olive oil with oranges