Best selection of Oro Bailen olive oil.

Summary: Fantastic extra virgin olive oils produced by an olive mill located in Jaén. Oro Bailen oils are highly awarded and stand out for their exquisite and fruity flavours. In addition, they have organic and conventional production. They are also available in our store in Las Rozas de Madrid.

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1. Olive mill of Oro Bailen

Let’s see the most important characterisitcs of Oro Bailen extra virgin olive oil and the oil mill.

a) Location

The Oro Bailen oil mill is located in the town of Bailen in the province of Jaén, Spain. This municipality is in Northen of Andalusia, behind the Despeñaperros at the foot of the Sierra Morena. One of the municipalities of the province of Jáen, privileged for the development of the olive grove. Also, a territory with a high ecological value due to its great wealth of fauna and flora typical of the Mediterranean climate. Therefore, a privileged place for the production of extra virgin olive oil.

b) Orographic characteristics

Bailén is located at an altitude of about 400 meters above sea level. It also enjoys a Mediterranean climate with continental nuances, with long, dry summers and short, mild winters with moderate rainfall. Thanks to these climatic characteristics, olive oils with unique peculiarities are produced here.

Finally, we are going to show a video about the Oro Bailén olive oil mill

Video 1: Oro Bailen oil mill

c) History

The owners of Oro Bailen were involved in brick making before they went into the olive oil sector. However, in 2002 they diversified their business and started to produce olive oil. Later, in the year 2015, they created the limited company Galgón 99.

2. Arbequina and Picual Oro Bailen

The Oro Bailén extra virgin olive oil oil mill produces four varieties of extra virgin olive oil. Let’s see a table with the characteristics of each.

Tabla 1: Caracteristics of each variety olive oil

The oil mill also sells its oil in other formats:

• Oro Bailen Casas de Agua

This brand of Oro Bailen, is their brand for the large consumption and large format. A slightly inferior oil but of extraordinary quality. This oil is available in 1, 2 and 5 litre PET formats.

3. Oro Bailén Oil Awards

Oro Bailén is one of the Spanish olive oils that is winning the most strict awards from national and international olive oil competions. Awards that year after year are revalidated. Among the most prestigious awards they win we can name:

• Contest D´Oro 2017: A prestigious contest where the best oils of the world compete. Oro Bailén won bronze with its Family Reserve in the category of Intense Fruits.
• Guide Flos Olei 2017: In this guide he obtained a score of 98 points out of 100. A guide that is edited every year by the prestigious Italian-based taster Marco Oreggia.
• The Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Food and the Environment awarded him the second prize in the category of Sweet Green Fruits in 2017.AVPA International Contest, held in Paris, France in 2017, where he obtained a “Gourmet Product” diploma for his Family Reserve Picual.

The list is long, and year after year it is renewed.

4. Excellence in the production of olive oil

The Oro Bailen oil mill uses the most innovative techi¡niques to preserve the high quality of its oils. Every stage of production is analysed and optimised to get extraordinaty extra virgin olive oils.

a) Meticulous care at every stage

First of all, what makes us stand out from the Bailen Gold Mill is its meticulous care at each stage of production. Care that starts from the beginning until it reaches your plate.

Secondly, the Oro Bailen oil mill follows the guidelines of a team of agricultural engineers to achieve estraordinary extra virgin olive oils. For this reason, the care of the olive groves throughout the year is a very important part of the whole process.

In this way, the good work begins with the care of the flowering of the olive tree and ends until the customer tastes the final product, the olive oil. Thus, each step must be carried out with perfection, and thus obtain an irreproachable olive juice.

As a consequence of all this perfection and meticulousness, this olive oil mill produces excellent and veryawarded olive oils. For this reason, they are internationally recognized and thus achieve the highest positions in the most prestigious national and international olive oil awards.

b) Olive care

First of all, to understand this process, we must know how the best extra virgin olive oil is produced.

First of all, we must take care of the olive from the moment it is formed at the time of fertilization until it is completely formed olive. For this reason, pampering the olive tree from the beginning of flowering until the olive, is fundamental.

When the olive stalk, the small stem that joins the fruit to the tree, breaks, the olive begins to deteriorate. As a consequence, from the moment the olive is picked up until it is crushed it must be as fast as possible. At Oro Bailén mill, they have reduced this time to a maximum of two hours.

Likewise, a very rigorous selection must be made of what is milled. The Oro Bailén oil mill observes the batches of olives that arrive from the fields with great care. That is to say, it only accepts the healthiest ones and those that are in excellent condition. A small defective batch could ruin the whole year’s work.

c) Its milling

Likewise, another process that must be carried out with the utmost meticulousness is milling. That is to say, the extraction of olive oil from the olive.

Oro Bailen therefore uses the most modern and best oil extractor machines. At the same time,they control all production steps to obtain the best extra virgin olive oil. For example, they keeps a control of the temperatures, which have to be lower than 21º C . Also, they take care of the beating times, and avoids to high oxygenation of the oils. Some steps that are very important to get extraordinary oils.

In this way, they obtain extra virgin olive oil preserving all volatile and aromatic olive components. Thanks to all this, the renowned Oro Bailen oils are produced.

6. Where to buy Oro Bailen?

Oro Bailen oil can be found in an infinite number of shops and department stores. Below are the most common places to find these oils

Table 2: Store where you can fin Oro Bailen

In summary, we can see that Oro Bailen oil is easy to find. However, in other European countries and the world it will not be the same. However, we can send it to any country in Europe.

a) Opinion of Oro Bailén olive oil

Oro Bailén oils from both the Arbequina and Picual varieties are in high demand. According to the tasters, Oro Bailen Oil is one of the best in the world, as they attest year after year by awarding it the best prizes. By the great cooks it is also very demanded, being these oils in the best restaurants of the world. Therefore, an olive oil that deserves to have always at home

7. Frequently asked questions

Finally, let’s see the frequently asked questions about Oro Bailen:

• When does the new harvest arrive?

The new harvest usually arrives in mid-November. However, every year it can vary a little.

• Do you offer any kind of discount?

We have adjusted the price of the oil. However, when the new season starts we usually give discounts on the formats we have left over from the previous season.

‘Finally, for more information, please contact us. We will be pleased to help you’.