The oil
Two varieties, one pressing.
One pressing a year, from two varieties, picked and sorted by the two of us.
- Opens
- Fresh and green, straight off the fruit.
- Develops
- Rounder and more complex through the middle.
- Finishes
- A peppery catch at the back of the throat. That is the Cordovil.
Galega
Portugal's own olive, and the one most Portuguese oil is built on. Small, late to ripen, and where the fruit at the front of the taste comes from.
Cordovil
The other half of the blend, grown through the Castelo Branco and Alentejo country. This is where the pepper comes from.
How it is picked
By hand, because there is no better way.
We pick by hand over a few weeks in autumn. Nets go down under the trees, ladders go up into them, and the fruit goes into the wicker baskets the previous owners left in the barn. From there it goes to be pressed.
How we farm
Nothing artificial.
No artificial pesticides and no artificial fertilisers. Nothing goes on these trees that we would not want in the bottle.
Bottles
500ml now. 250ml next year.
This year's oil is in 500ml bottles. There will be 250ml as well from next harvest.
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