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Manni Olive Oil

Metroarea

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Metroarea

Metroarea

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Hi everyone, i've been spending my working days quite happily reading these forums for a while now and dedcided it was about time i started joining in, so hello!!

First question, Manni Olive Oil - Worth it?

MobyP

MobyP

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Welcome to eGullet! Hope you'll hang around.

The Manni - is this the 150 dollars per 100 ml stuff?

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Metroarea

Metroarea

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Yes. It's the stuff you have to order in a set amount, which actually adds up to a litre, but costs hundreds of pounds. I'm tempted.

MobyP

MobyP

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If you want to spend hundreds of pounds, and still get more for your quid, go to the Fat Duck. I just had a dish, the salmon with liquorice and vanilla mayonnaise, and the waiter comes up and sprinkles some 'per mio figlio' on it, as he would for white truffles.

It was good. And I'd been waiting to try this oil for a couple of years, so believe me, I was paying attention. It gave an earthiness. That sense of grass, and soil, that you get off really young oils.

But 150 for 100ml? No, it wasn't that good. At least I got another 17 courses and six wines for my 150. :biggrin:

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Metroarea

Metroarea

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Thats a very fair point!!

I'm not sure i could cook anything that could justify using it to be honest so it'd end up being wasted or used with bread!!

Jinmyo

Jinmyo

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I've seen this but haven't tried it.

I see that Keller and Vongerichtenboth praise it.

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Jinmyo

Jinmyo

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I wonder what a bit drizzled alongside a balsamico trad on a piece of pecorino would be like?

Or on a poached egg?

"I've caught you Richardson, stuffing spit-backs in your vile maw. 'Let tomorrow's omelets go empty,' is that your fucking attitude?" -E. B. Farnum

"Behold, I teach you the ubermunch. The ubermunch is the meaning of the earth. Let your will say: the ubermunch shall be the meaning of the earth!" -Fritzy N.

"It's okay to like celery more than yogurt, but it's not okay to think that batter is yogurt."

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Jinmyo

Jinmyo

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I like this stuff and it's tad less expensive

ravida

Experts have described Ravida's olive oil as tasting of freshly mown meadow hay. That's what the trade tasters in, San Francisco thought too - herbal and intensely grassy. The Olive Oil Companion says “Ravida's aftertaste is smooth and reminds one of sweet-sour sorrel leaves....

RAVIDA's acidity level is an astonishing .010 - one tenth of 1%.

Hmm. Veddy nice.

"I've caught you Richardson, stuffing spit-backs in your vile maw. 'Let tomorrow's omelets go empty,' is that your fucking attitude?" -E. B. Farnum

"Behold, I teach you the ubermunch. The ubermunch is the meaning of the earth. Let your will say: the ubermunch shall be the meaning of the earth!" -Fritzy N.

"It's okay to like celery more than yogurt, but it's not okay to think that batter is yogurt."

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SobaAddict70

SobaAddict70

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I would use this with the same care that I show towards real aceto balsamico tradizionale. It's worth it for those special occasions when you need a little "oomph".

That said, I'm just as happy with the usual EVOO I use for cooking and for salads.

Soba

slkinsey

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Hmmmm... :hmmm:

You know... I can understand what might make one bottle of aceto balsamico tradizionale worth a hundred dollars where others are worth fifty because you can taste/experience a clear difference (more aged, thicker, etc.). But I am at a complete loss as to what could make one liter of evoo worth a hundred dollars where other amazingly good bottles cost fifty dollars or even thirty dollars. I mean, what could this guy be doing that is so different from what everyone else is doing, and does it make a difference? I have to wonder whether Per mio figlio evoo would be a clear winner against, say, Rocca della Macia evoo in a side-by-side tasting.

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SobaAddict70

SobaAddict70

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But I am at a complete loss as to what could make one liter of evoo worth a hundred dollars where other amazingly good bottles cost fifty dollars or even thirty dollars.

Maybe a liter of EVOO straight from the very first pressing? Can't get more artisanal than that, heheh.

Soba

slkinsey

slkinsey

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See... the thing is that you can get a liter of top-grade kickass evoo straight from the first pressing (actually straight from the first pressing is bitter and nasty -- it has to wait a while) most anywhere in Tuscany or Sicily or Liguria for around 30 bucks.

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MobyP

MobyP

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But I am at a complete loss as to what could make one liter of evoo worth a hundred dollars where other amazingly good bottles cost fifty dollars or even thirty dollars. I mean, what could this guy be doing that is so different from what everyone else is doing, and does it make a difference? I have to wonder whether Per mio figlio evoo would be a clear winner against, say, Rocca della Macia evoo in a side-by-side tasting.

They laugh at your hundred bucks! A litre of this stuff would cost more like 1,500 bucks!

As for quality - Keller says it's worth it. Vongrichten too. You have to go seriously down market to find someone who doesn't ("MobyP says Blech!")!

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JohnL

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I have read the accolades re: Manni olive oil.

Hard to find and damned expensive.

Yesterday I came across Manni oil at the local

Whole Foods.

$39.95 for 250ml

It is labeled as "an exclusive Whole Foods limited blend"

I am always a bit suspicious when I see "exclusive" and "limited"

in the same sentence.

I know Manni oils labeled as "Per Me" or "per Mio Figlio" are the one's

people like Thomas Keller rave about.

So what's with this special bottling?

I am curious as to how it compares with the renown bottlings.

also

I noticed a shelf label at Balducci's indicating "Manni Oil" for the same price

--they did not have any in stock (or on the shelf) so I do not know if this too is/was

a special bottling for them.

Suddenly exclusive and limited are lookin even more suspicious.

anyway--I would be interested in any additional info anyone might contribute

to this.

I have never tasted any bottling of Manni oil so I have no point of reference

when I open my Whole Foods find.

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gariotin

gariotin

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I have sold olive oil to retailers for many years. "Exclusive & limited" could just mean that there was a small harvest, thus a small production and WF bought it all. It happens. Have no idea if this is the case in this instance, but not necessarily a reason for your antennae to go up.

Raoul Duke

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It could be a blend created for WF, that suits their customers taste, or they had so much they had to unload it, or they are cashing in on the Keller connection. I have found it hard to believe that products are bought on a recommendation of our favorite figure, except for the Joe Foreman grill I bought. :rolleyes: Truth be told you won't know until you try it. Perhaps buy some with a few others looking to try it and set up a tasting of several oils for comparison.

"I drink to make other people interesting".

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