Nobleza del Sur Organic Day - Early Harvest - with box

Cultivar: Picual

Premium Extra Virgin Olive Oil from Finca Vista Alegre, Jaén, Spain. 500mls.

Profile: The range of premium extra virgin olive oils in your pantry really needs to include a top picual, the most predominant cultivar in Andalucia. So we’ve selected this beauty, which recently won Gold at the prestigious 2024 New York International Olive Oil Competition (NYIOOC).

This is a medium-to-robust intensity organic extra virgin olive oil, with 10 to 14 kg of green Picual olives required to obtain 1 litre of oil (a cheap extra virgin olive oil may require just a quarter of that!). Cold extracted within 4 hours of harvesting.

Prettily represented by ‘The Bee’, a key daytime pollinator that serves as a biological indicator of the health of the Nobleza del Sur olive groves.

Analysis:
Polyphenols: 442 mg/kg
Acidity (Free Fatty Acids or FFA): 0.1%

Harvest time: October
Preserved under nitrogen until bottling.

Sensory Analysis:
Taste: Medium to intense fruitiness; balanced on the palate with a distinct green, fresh profile and a slight bitterness and spiciness.
Aroma: Fresh almond fragrance and subtle sensations of grass, leaf and artichoke.

Food pairings:
Use with all meats, fish and seafood; pasta and pizza: In the preparation and seasoning of all dishes. Try with cheeses, semi-hard (eg Gouda, Port Salut) and hard (eg Parmesan, Pecorino). Beautiful over desserts such as semi-melted chocolate ice cream and flake salt.

Selected awards:
Gold - New York International Olive Oil Competition - 2024
Flos Olei - Best Olive Oil of the Year - 2021


From the producers: ’Aceites Nobleza del Sur symbolises a love for the land and the noble and mythical olive tree that defines the landscape of Jaén, unique in the world.

In 1640, Miguel Sánchez Sagra, a direct ancestor of our family, embraced the olive tradition by acquiring an olive plantation in Los Añadios, Jaén, Andalusia. Twelve generations later, the Peñuelas-Sagra family continues the legacy, diligently caring for the same olive grove.

The Peñuelas-Sagra family has witnessed this remarkable journey passed down through generations, leading us to embark on a new venture — the construction of our own state-of-the-art mill. This mill allows us to extract the exceptional quality inherent in our olive trees.'