SPAIN
Francisco Javier García-Agulló Fernández
Our olive oil comes from our centenary olive trees, in a small olive grove in the region of La Loma in Jaen (Spain).
Our olive oil comes from our centenary olive trees, in a small olive grove in the region of La Loma in Jaen (Spain). They are made up some with two trunks, some with three, which have all been traditionally cultivated in a royal, or grid layout, capturing the taste of tradition like no other. Their wide plantation area, which is never below 10 by 10 meters, allows the grove to take up the earth’s nutrients, gives it the space to absorb sunlight and provides it with good ventilation. The farm has been irrigated for 12 years, but irrigation is limited. Our variety is ‘Picual’ and we now invite you to share the tradition by enjoying our Extra Virgin Olive Oil.
Our olive grove is in the region of La Loma, in a privileged spot.
Our olive grove is at the region of La Loma, in a privileged spot. They are found in the High Guadalquivir area at 535 meters over the sea level, in the middle of the province of Jaen, which serves as an interfluvial plateau, sloping downwards as the result of the valleys of two rivers: the Guadalimar to the north, and the Guadalquivir to the south. The soil is developed on Oligocene and Miocene sandstone and limestone loams. Its composition includes sand, silt and clay in percentages ranging between 25% and 35% equally, and its texture is clay loam. Its Mediterranean climate, characterized by mild winters and long, warm and dry summers give it a distinctive spicy and bitter quality, characteristics originated by its high content of phenolic compounds. This area has been an olive growing area since at least the eighteenth century.