Fruit
Fantastico
A tier
Fantastico is among the most planted modern Calabrian bergamot cultivars—balanced oil chemistry, reliable cropping, and central to contemporary bergamot essential oil supply. It is the practical orchard face of bergamot for many producers. Fruit morphology stays true to bergamot pear-yellow form. Culinary creatives using whole Fantastico fruit should focus on zest and infused sugars. Oil from Fantastico underpins much commercial bergamot flavour. A workhorse quality clone.
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Characteristics
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Essential OilInfusionZest
Traits
Balanced OilCalabrianFloral-CitrusModern MainstayOil QualityPerfumedReliable
History
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Fantastico gained ground as a preferred productive bergamot in Calabria.
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Fantastico dominated newer bergamot plantings for oil export.
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Fantastico remained a primary named bergamot cultivar.