OLIVE OIL VARIETIES

Oro del Desierto extracts its organic extra virgin olive oil of the following varieties of olives:

Variety of olive oil Picual

ORIGIN: Jaen

TREE
Vigour: Vigorous
Branches: Short and branched.Trend to form twig and suckers. Top vigorous and closed. Dense foliage.

LEAF
Shape: Wide and elongated.
Colour: Dark green sheaf and green silvered reverse.

DRUPE
Shape: Oval, pointed ends.
Volume: Medium – Large.
Peso medio: 2,14 a 3,66 g
Olive Oil Yield: 23,3 a 27,7 %
Pulp (%): 78,7 a 85,5 %

Variety of olive oil Hojiblanca

ORIGIN: Mecina (Cordoba)

TREE
Vigour: Medium.
Branches: Long and heavy-bearing. Medium density top. Regular foliage. Soft green silvered trunk.

LEAF
Shape: Long and wide.
Colour: Grayish green sheaf and silvered reverse.

DRUPE
Shape: Long and symmetric.
Volume: Medium 1,4 a 4,3 g.
Olive Oil Yield: 23,5 a 28,6 %
Pulp (%): 83,5 a 87,1 %

Variety of olive oil Lechín

ORIGIN: Almeria and Granada

TREE
Vigour: Medium
Branches: Short. Trend to form twig and suckers (medium). Closed tops.

LEAF
Shape: Long and wide, almost plane.
Colour: Yellowish green sheaf and grayish green reverse.

DRUPE
Shape: Oval.
Volume: Small.
Peso medo: 1,58 a 2,80 g.
Olive Oil Yield: 23,5 a 26,8 %
Pulp (%): 79,1 a 85,4 %

Variety of olive oil Arbequina

ORIGIN: Arbeca (Lerida)

TREE
Vigour: Medium.
Branches: Long and no branched. Don't form twig neither suckers. Soft green trunk.

LEAF
Shape: Round, widen ends.
Colour: Copper brown sheaf and greenish yellow reverse.

DRUPE
Shape: Oval, short and symmetric.
Volume: Small 0,80 a 1,20 g.
Olive Oil Yield: 17,20 a 19,00 %
Pulp (%): 67 a 76 %