Tasting notes
Arbequina Single Variety extra virgin olive oil offers us a flavour and aroma of freshly cut grass. It seems milder olive oil at first. Then after a few seconds of tasting it, you can appreciate how the herbaceous nuances suddenly appear to surprise your palate.
Perfect on toasts, for making sauces (mayonnaise), fish, baking sweets and desserts. It is the ideal Single Variety for people who prefer milder flavours, especially children not used to more robust olive oil flavours. Arbequina could be the perfect EVOO for families.
Variety characteristics
It is getting its name from the town of Arbeca in Lerida, Catalonia, Spain. The Arbequina olive has recently become one of the dominant olive cultivars in the world, usually cultivated in high-intensity, high-density plantations.
The Arbequina olive is small, symmetrical and can be anywhere from pink to burnt orange. It weighs in at an average of 1.9 g. It is cultivated mainly in Lerida, Tarragona, Córdoba and Jaén (where Reinos de Taifas is based). Arbequina trees produce one of the highest fruit yields of all varieties. While the olives have a low flesh-to-stone ratio, their oil yield is 20.5% – one of the highest amongst the main cultivars of olive.
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Maturation of the olive starts in early October and lasts until January. It is different each year, depending on the weather. The harvest of the olives is between December and February, depending on when they reach their optimal point of maturity each year. For more information, please read about our sustainable farming.
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