Picual Olive Oil

Why Verde Esmeralda Olive Picual ?

Our goal is offering quality, exclusivity and excellence through our taste. The Picual variety, from Jaén, is known for being the most common and extended around Spain. Through the techniques used, we get the best extract from each one of our fruits. We achieve to become the most popular olive of our country in a different and special olive, characterized because of his taste conquers your palate.

Picual Characteristics

The Picual Variety has a defined characteristic. It stands out because of his bitterness and herbaceous aromas, such as herbs, fig tres and tomato plants, as long as it comes from early harvests. When Picual oil is Young, his spiciness is accentuated, always in a balanced way. It is considered a powerful and full-bodied oil and a small portion on your plate is enough to taste the distinguished flavor.

Olive Harvest

After the cultivation the olive trees, the harvest of the fruits is a key moment to maintain the quality worked during their development. From Verde Esmeralda Olive, we work a lot in the moment we get the fruits. We manually pick each one of the olives one by one, collecting with an extreme attention the fruits to have the best extra Picual olive oil.

The benefits of the Picual variety

The importance of Picual extra virgin olive oil in our health stands out for its multiple benefits for the correct functioning of our organism. The Picual variety prevents cardiovascular diseases, thanks to its high content of polyphenols. These are the antioxidants naturally contained in Picual olive oil, that’s why they help prevent multiple degenerative diseases and early skin deterioration. In addition, the great presence of Omega-6 in its elixir increases its particularity, since the only way to acquire it is in an external way. The human organism does not generate this fatty acid so it can only be obtained through food.