Miceli & Sensat Unico Organic Sicilian Picual Italian High Polyphenol Extra Virgin olive Oil

$58.00

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Sicilian with a Spanish twist

This is not your everyday Sicilian oil  this is Picual, reimagined through a wild Sicilian rootstock. That grafting choice matters. You’ve got the backbone and  punch of Picual, layered with a slightly wilder, more lifted aromatic profile. It’s structured, expressive, and seriously polished.

 Aroma

Straight out of the glass, it’s intensely green and alive:

  • Crushed tomato vine and tomato leaf ,that is unmistakably fresh.
  • Fresh-cut grass and green almond  classic markers of early harvest
  • Banana sitting underneath, softens the edges and adds a roundness
  • Artichoke and wild herbs, the Sicilian terroir speaking

This is high-precision fruitiness,  not just strong, but layered and clean.

Taste

This is where Unico really earns its name.

  • Full-bodied and structured,  it coats the palate without feeling heavy
  • Bitterness: firm, deliberate, think rocket (arugula) and chicory
  • Spiciness: builds progressively, green pepper heat that creeps up the throat
  • Balance: the key, nothing is out of place, bitterness and spice are in sync

That peppery kick? That’s your polyphenols doing their job.

The finish

Long, clean, and elegant:

  • Lingering green almond
  • A subtle balsamic lift
  • No drop of persistence and clean , mouth feel

This is the sign of serious milling and handling.

Food Pairing

This is a statement oil, not a background player:

  • Grilled steak / BBQ meats  cuts through fat, elevates everything
  • Bitter greens (cime di rapa, radicchio, rocket)  locks in with the bitterness
  • Legumes  lentils, chickpeas, white beans need this structure
  • Tomato-based dishes  amplifies that tomato leaf character beautifully
  • Or straight up: a tablespoon shot  if you want to feel it working

Why this oil matters

Most people think Sicily = softer, rounder oils.

This flips that on its head.

  • Spanish Picual DNA → power, stability
  • Wild Sicilian rootstock → aromatic lift, complexity
  • Tight milling → clean, precise, no faults

Result?
A bold oil with elegance , not just brute force

The takeaway

This is one of those oils that wakes people up.

If someone says “olive oil is just olive oil”  pour them this.

It’s green, it’s punchy, it’s structured…
and it hangs around long after the plate’s gone.

Serious oil. Serious intent.

Miceli & Sensat Unico Organic Sicilian Picual Italian High Polyphenol Extra Virgin olive Oil

Additional information

Cultivar / Variety

Filtered

Yes

Flavour Intensity

Food Pairing

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Oganic/Bio

Size

500ml

Polyphenol Level

Some producers make olive oil.
Others live it.

Miceli Sensat is six generations deep in it.

This is what happens when Sicilian land, Spanish olive oil heritage, and serious intent come together.

The people behind it

  • Paolo Miceli  Sicilian through and through. His family has been farming olives and grain for over six generations.
  • Sergio Sensat  from one of Spain’s historic olive oil families, tracing back to the 1800s.

This isn’t a startup story.
This is generational knowledge meeting modern precision.

The vision

They didn’t inherit a finished business  they built one.

On Paolo’s family land in the hills of Palermo, they started from scratch with a clear goal:

Produce some of the best organic extra virgin olive oils Sicily can offer

No shortcuts. No compromise.

Just:

  • Respect for the land
  • Forward-thinking farming
  • Absolute control over quality

They see themselves as custodians, not owners,  here to leave the land better than they found it.

The farm

This is serious scale, done properly:

  • Over 50,000 olive trees
  • Fully organic farming practices
  • Total connection to the land — they know every block, every tree, every harvest

And it doesn’t stop in the grove.

They’re farmers and millers

Which means everything is controlled:

  • From the soil
  • To the fruit
  • To the extraction

No gaps. No guesswork.

Why we love them

Because this is exactly what we look for:

  • Provenance you can trust
  • Hands-on producers (not just bottlers)
  • Old-world roots with modern execution
  • Oils that actually reflect the land they come from

Every oil that leaves their mill?
They can tell you exactly where it came from.

The takeaway

Miceli Sensat isn’t chasing trends.

They’re building something that lasts 
deeply rooted, meticulously made, and absolutely premium.

This is Sicily with backbone.