Picual olive

There are more than 200 varieties of olives grown in Spain. The most common are Picual, Arbequina, Hojiblanca, and Cornicabra. Generally, the variety of oil gets its name from the variety of olive it contains.

The picual variey produces oils with big personality, full bodied, and with the fruitiness of green olives. The flavor of the olive leaf, with its slight bitterness and pungency, is easily recognizable. It is the predominant variety in the Designations of Origin known as Sierra de Segura, Sierra Mágina, Priego de Córdoba, and Sierra de Cazorla, all from Andalusia.