Extra virgin olive oil has produced natural process control without chemical treatment. Famous with judged to have a good taste.The Ancient Romans using Extra virgin olive oil to say that in Tarraco (present-day Tarragona) it was spring all year round.
Augustus himself spent two years here recovering his health after his campaign against the Cantabrians. The privileged climate of the Camp de Tarragona, with its beautiful landscapes of olive groves beside the Mediterranean Sea, produces one of the best extra virgin olive oils in the world.
Registered under the Siurana Protected Designation of Origin, Hedoné is a most well-balanced, pleasant and expressive extra virgin oil.
To the Classical Greeks, Hedoné meant ‘pleasure’, and this is precisely the quality that this extra virgin olive oil confers: true pleasure to the senses, in a product whose exclusive appeal lies in its refinement and delicacy.
The Oil
Hedoné is extracted using only mechanical procedures, from arbequine olives in perfect condition, harvested straight from the tree during the preceding 24 hours. The careful control of this process, the characteristics of the arbequine itself - recognised by experts worldwide as one of the highest-quality olive varieties on the Mediterranean - and the soil and climate of the Camp de Tarragona, all combine to make Hedoné exceptional oil.
Hedoné complies with all the criteria laid down in the regulations of the Regulatory Council for oils protected by the prestigious Siurana Designation of Origin.
Hedoné in the kitchen
Siurana P.D.O. oil is especially fruity, and communicates all the flavour, aroma and vitamins of the arbequine olive to food. It is particularly good in salads, mayonnaises, garlic dressings, fine sauces, conserves and grilled dishes. When used for frying, the stability conferred by its fatty acids and antioxidants mean it responds very well to high temperatures and increase in volume. A mild oil that is pleasant to consume, arbequine is increasingly becoming known to, valued and used by the best European chefs for both salads and sauces and in cooked dishes.
Presentation
The oil’s 500-ml glass bottle makes it very practical for table use (it has a capsule, screw top and pouring stopper). Its dark-coloured verd antique glass helps preserve the oil’s organoleptic qualities, and its shape recalls the design of glass recipients used by the Romans for cosmetics, suggesting a synthesis between classic and modern. The label’s black ground with silver letters in two point sizes makes a harmonious whole with the colour of the glass and other elements, creating a container characterised by its minimalism and simplicity.D.O.P. Siurana
In recent years, Siurana Protected Designation of Origin producers have invested heavily in quality, the result being the extra virgin olive oils that are currently so highly valued by experts and consumers worldwide. The product is always extracted straight from the olive by mechanical or physical procedures that do not in any way alter its taste, aroma or individual characteristics.
The dominant variety, at 90% of total volume, is arbequine, the olive which for centuries has been the hallmark of Catalan oils, and whose delicacy and elegance has led it to be imported by other olive oil-producing areas all over the world.
For more information, please contact
NEARER2U EXPORTS S.L.
Felipe de Paz, 4 Entl. 1a
08028 - Barcelona Tel./fax: 93 330 14 02
E-mail: info-at-hedone.es
