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Maculan family, winemakers with a passion for extra virgin olive oil

The high plains of Asiago (Veneto Region) offer natural protection and create an extremely mild climate that favors the cultivation of vines and olives

by Luigi Caricato

It isn't a coincidence that in the 500s, the Venetian nobility already preferred to spend their summers in the area of Asiago, sojourning in the splendid villas perfectly designed by the great architect, Andrea Palladio.
Here was born the Maculan farm that consists of 15 hectares of estate owned vineyards in the commune of Breganze. 24 additional hectares are leased within the Doc zone of Breganze.
They produces also a beautiful extra virgin with ripe olives, hand-picked in October from olive trees in Breganze. The fresh olives were pressed at Breganze. Best kept in a cool and dark place

Olio della Costa

Description: pale yellow gold, it is clear to the eye. The nose has scents of artichoke plants and herbaceous clear connotations. The palate has good fluidity and harmony, finesse and balance of love notes and spicy taste vegetable vegetables. Close spicy with a hint of walnut.

Matches: tartare with celery and apple with bacon, risotto with red chicory and celeriac soup, carpaccio of scampi.

Estate, produced and bottled by:
Azienda agricola Maculan
via Castelletto 3, Breganze (Vicenza)
www.maculan.net

by Luigi Caricato
03 May 2010 Teatro Naturale International n. 5 Year 2

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