Miceli & Sensat Achieves Gold at NYIOOC for Organic EVOOs

Italian olive oil pro­ducer Miceli & Sensat has been rec­og­nized with two Gold Awards at the New York International Olive Oil Competition (NYIOOC), one of the most pres­ti­gious olive oil com­pe­ti­tions glob­ally. The awards were given for their organic extra vir­gin olive oils, U’Ciuri and Verde.

Miceli & Sensat, founded by Paolo Miceli and Sergio Sensat, oper­ates an organic olive grove in Italy, span­ning 115 hectares and hous­ing 46,000 olive trees. The grove fea­tures five olive vari­eties: Nocellara del Belice, Biancolilla, Cerasuola, Arbequina, and Picual. The com­pany processes its olives within two hours of har­vest­ing in its own mill, ensur­ing the preser­va­tion of high organolep­tic qual­i­ties.

The U’Ciuri, which won a Gold Award, is an organic EVOO made from the Nocellara del Belice cul­ti­var. It is part of the IGP Sicilia selec­tion that Miceli & Sensat curates annu­ally. The Verde, also a Gold Award recip­i­ent, is crafted from the Cerasuola cul­ti­var and is noted for its fresh, veg­e­tal aro­mas rem­i­nis­cent of green almonds, let­tuce, cel­ery, and unripe bananas.

Miceli & Sensat’s com­mit­ment to qual­ity is fur­ther demon­strated by their stor­age prac­tices, which involve using noble gases and con­trolled tem­per­a­tures to main­tain the oils’ integrity. These acco­lades at the NYIOOC high­light the pro­duc­er’s ded­i­ca­tion to excel­lence in organic olive oil pro­duc­tion.

The win­ning brands are pre­sented in the Official Guide and the Olive Oil Times World Ranking.