Mineo Nouen Itonamisha Etajima Blend Strong

Made from Mission and Nevadillo Blanco olives grown on Etajima in Hiroshima Prefecture, this extra virgin oil is hand-picked and cold-pressed below 27°C on the day of harvest. The early October picking of unripe green fruit yields a deep green oil with intense bitterness, a pungent finish, and green aromas of chives and onion over a faint green-tea sweetness. It suits grilled fish, steak, robust pasta and chilled tofu, and is best used raw as a finishing drizzle.