Zigante

• 2026: 94/100
• 2025: 94/100
• 2024: 94/100
• 2023: 94/100
• 2022: 96/100
• 2021: 96/100

Description in the Flos Olei guide

This farm has been present in numerous editions of our Guide, constantly improving its level. Giancarlo Zigante, well-known since 1999, when he found in Buje the biggest white truffle in the world (1.31 kg), included in the Guinness of records, has been picking and marketing truffles for years. Moreoever, he is a renowned restaurateur and oil producer. He runs 7 hectares of olive grove with 1,300 trees, which produced 94 quintals of olives in the last harvest, equal to 11 hectolitres of oil.

There are two Monocultivar Extra Virgin Zigante, Leccino and Buža, which we recommend. It is an intense limpid golden yellow colour with light green hues. Its aroma is ample and rotund, rich in fruity hints of unripe tomato, banana and white apple, together with aromatic notes of basil, mint and parsley Its taste is fine and vegetal, with a flavour of lettuce and celery. Bitterness and pungency are present and well balanced, with a sweet finish.

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