Portuguese Picual (Mild)

Crush Date: October 2024

Tasting Notes:

The 2024 Portuguese Picual is one of the most complex oils in our current collection. This balanced example displays green fruity notes of kiwi followed by a pleasing amount of pepper and a lingering floral finish. Our taste panel awarded this a high fruitiness score.

Our partner producer (SAOV) in Portugal is using a high vacuum during malaxation to remove all of the oxygen in this processing stage where the oil spends the most time and is most prone to oxidation. This cutting edge and very technical method preserves the phenolic content, the overall chemistry plus the flavor characteristics while reducing other oxidation markers. 

Product ships in dark glass bottles, clear glass was used in the photo to show color.

Intensity:  Mild

Country of Origin: Portugal

Organoleptic Taste Panel Assessment:
Fruitiness: 7.6
Bitterness: 4.2
Pungency: 4.3

Chemistry:

*Polyphenols:    283.7 ppm
FFA:    0.26
Oleic Acid:   76.79
Peroxide:    4.79
DAGs:    93.8
*PPP: < 0.6
Squalene: 8,178.1
A-Tocopherols: 258.5

* As measured at the time of crush

Not sure what these numbers mean?  Learn more about Olive Oil Chemistry.