Portuguese Rare Extra Virgin Olive Oil 375ml (Citizens of Soil)

Portuguese Extra Rare Olive Oil

Intense & Peppery. A multi-award winning, small-batch oil. Floral, clean and peppery, this olive oil is packed with antioxidants and farmed regeneratively by Ana who also mills this in her own small mill.

• Regeneratively farmed.
• Limited batch; 1700 bottles from a single estate.
• Variety: Galega.
• High polyphenol content 799 mg/kg (250mg/kg is the mark set by EU Regulation for high-polyphenol olive oils).
• Origin: Fronteira, Alto Alentejo, Portugal.
• Process: Superior category extra virgin olive oil obtained directly from mechanical (never chemical or heated) means. <= 0.15 acidity. The olives are milled within hours of being picked. This oil is filtered.
• Agriculture: Organically-farmed with regenerative practices including grazing animals and a focus on biodiversity.
• Soil type: Clay loam.

Introducing a multi-award winning single estate extra virgin olive oil from the Alto Alentejo wine region of Portugal. This oil is made one of the most inspiring producers we've ever met, Ana Cardoso, on her 10 hectare plot, where she farms and mills award-winning oils herself.

This is one of our "Extra Rare" limited batches and is best used as a finishing EVOO to keep the high level of antioxidants and peppery flavour intact.

Tastes like... Nose: The fragrance of apples, with olive leaves and fresh-cut green grass, followed by lemon peel.

Palate: It's like a bouquet of herbs. Clean. Moderately bitter. There's also a slightly sweet note, almost almond-like with a persistently peppery finish, like chile.

Pairs with... Cheesy dishes. Perfect for drizzling on tomato soups. Very happy in a martini. Dreamy in cacio e pepe.