Quality of olive oil from Turkey?

We have bought an old olive oil factory in datca, turkey and we are restoring it (http://www.villaolivio.com)





Everytime we go there we bring with us the local olive oil which tastes very very good. Now I was wondering what you think about olive oil from Turkey.





Hope to hear from you





JeroenQuality of olive oil from Turkey?
I don't like it to be honest.


The best Olive oils come from:


Italy


Greece


Cyprus


Spain ( so-so)


France ( so-so)


Africa( so-so).





Keep in mind that different countries and states use different olive varietals and different methods.


IE.


The best oil is made from green unripened olives( and the varietal also matters).


The oil made from unripened olives is a very expensive ordeal because with green olives you get more water and less oil with ripened olives you get more oil and less water.


That's why oil prices vary so much.


Then varietals.


Sicily uses Biancalilla olives which imparts a grassy taste which they are famous for.


The oil we import ';Fernando Pensato'; uses 100% single estate Perenzana oliver( pressed within 2 hours of picking) thus very very expensive and it imparts a ';fruity'; taste with a slight grip.


Black ripened olives produce a buttery, mild flat oil and are much cheaper to produce.


Turkey, Spain, Africa use this method although some Spanish oils are high end (but not many).


Alot to be said on the subject and keep in mind the acidity level.


I'd love to know how the oil you speak of is being produce and what olive varietal is being used?


I tasted two oils from Turkey at the fancy food show.


They were buttery and flat( a sign that ripe, cheaper olives were used to get the maximum amount of oil extraction).


Quality of olive oil from Turkey?
You had better spend a LOT of time searching


there are a lot of LAWS governing Olive oil


especially export and the labeling


As I remember many inspections to obtain licenses





I am in California


And sorry I buy a small 17oz bottle of a generic kind


but it does say blended and Turkey is listed





I wish you well and I will pray Russia Or ? comes to it's senses to allow you to live in peace.