Pagos de Toral Picual Harvest 2024 Extra Virgin Olive Oil 500ml Gift Edition ^Sale

More About This Olive Oil

SUSTAINABLY PRODUCED, SMALL BATCH, AWARD WINNING 

Robust and exceptionally smooth with a lively peppery finish and nice bitterness, this premium Spanish olive oil comes from Jaen, Andalucía where maker Maria José Toral and her husband Félix Ruiz Pérez work their farm and produce this early harvest olive oil that is one of the our best olive oils for dipping and drizzling.

Pagos de Toral’s output is extremely limited and just 2,500 bottles are produced each year. The early harvest olives used to make this oil are collected over a single day and night and milled immediately to ensure quality and a high polyphenol olive oil that is green, fresh and packed with flavour.

Olive Variety: 100% Picual Olives

Harvest: October 11 2024

Polyphenols: 540mg/kg

Process: This premium extra virgin olive oil is made from olives milled within a few hours of being picked. As per best practice, the olives are milled mechanically and temperatures never go above 27 degrees. No chemicals are used at any stage of the process.

This olive oil is filtered.

Acidity: .13 

Acidity in olive oil refers to the oxidation or degradation of the oil and the maximum permitted for extra virgin Olive is .8 so this is a fabulous result.

Origin: Begijar, Jaén, Andalucía, Spain.

Agriculture: 150 hectares 

Sustainability: Very good. The production of this sustainably sourced olive oil supports biodiversity on the farm and in the locality.

Soil type: Limestone

Profile: Full-bodied, intensely fruity with a bold peppery finish

Tasting notes: Apple, green banana, almond,  hints of fresh wood, green tomato and fig

Pairs well with: All kinds of salads especially tomato, any tomato dish, beef, lamb, pork, chocolate

Maria José Toral and her husband Félix Ruiz Pérez have been working Maria José’s family farm for over a decade and produce this early harvest olive oil in October. This year’s harvest happened on October 21 and the olives were collected in small batches over a single day and night and milled immediately to ensure quality and a high polyphenol olive oil that is green, fresh and packed with flavour. 13 kilos of olive are used to make every litre.

Pagos de Toral’s output is extremely limited and just 2,500 bottles are produced each year and they always sell out.

Maria José Toral was recently awarded best Female Producer in the world by EVOOLEUM

100% olives, nothing added

One of the healthiest olive oils in the world, this early-harvest oil comes in at 457 mg/kg of total polyphenols - which is above the 250 mg/kg benchmark set by EU Regulation (No. 432/2012) about high-polyphenol olive oils. 

Nutritional Composition per 100ml:

Energy: 3700kj / 900kcal

Total fat: 100g

Carbohydrates: 0g

Proteins: 0g

Sugar: 0g

Salt: 0g