Our best selection of extra virgin olive oils protected by the Designation of Origin of Poniente de Granada, in Analusia.

Summary: The extra virgin olive oil extra virgin olive oil from Poniente de Granada is protected by the Designation or Origin of Poniente de Granada. This region produces olive oil from different olive varieties; picual an chorreado. Currently we offer for sale only the chorreado variety, and unique native variety from this region of Spain. This region has a extraordinary environmental value where anciente olive groves are cultivated since centuries.

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1. Poniente de Granada Designation of Origin

Let’s read the most important characteristics of the Designation of Origin of

a) History

This Designation of Origin was created recently, in 1998 and It was recognised by the EU in 2003.

b) The region of Poniente de Granada

Likewise, the Poniente de Granada is a region of Granada located in the western of this province. This regions has beautiful mountain ranges, valleys and meadows that make up a landscape of enormous landscape and cultural richness.

Its region has a continentalised Mediterranean climate. The winters are cold and rainy and the summers are warm and dry.

b) Its olive varieties

This Designation of Origin covers numerous varieties of olives groves.

Also, the vast majority of the oils produced there are a mixture of these varieties.

Video 1: Montevilla olive oil cooperative

2. The best olive oil from Poniente de Granada

The climate of Granada has some spectacular peculiarities due to the proximity of the sea that cushion their winters and summers. Together with its soil characteristics, they make Granda an epectacular terrain for the cultivation and production of olive oils of the highest quality.

In addition, in El Cortijuelo de San Benito we have visited and analysed all the cooperatives and oil mills that are registered in this denomination of Origin and we have selected the cooperative San Francisco de Asís de Montefrio for the good service and its excellent quality in its extra virgin olive oils.

3. Cooperatives of Poniente de Grananada, Spain

In this Denomination there are dozens of cooperatives and oil mills that are protected. Among the ones that have shown us the best quality, we have the following:

a) Cooperative of San Francisco de Asís de Montefrio:

This olive oil cooperative with almost 2,000 members mills around 10 million kilos of olives each year.

This cooperative is also located in Montefrío in Granada. In the heart of the Poniente region of Granada.

This cooperative produces two types of oil, one made from the Picual variety, and the other is a natural blend of the Picudo and Chorreao varieties. Both with this Denomination of Origin of Poniente de Granada. Also, they produce with the Montevilla brand.

4. Where to buy olive oil from Poniente de Granada, Spain?

It is not very esay to find olive oils from Poniente de Granada Extra Virgin Olive Oil in stores from Spain and less in stores from other countries. For this reason, the best way is to buy it in internet.

However, you could find it in the following stores:

• Shop specialising in olive oil. We find that these oils cannot be missing in a good shop specialising in olive oils. For this reason, in our shop in Madrid you can find this variety of Granada.
• On the Internet. These olive oils are available on dozens of websites.

Finally, it is very unlikely that they will be found abroad.

Source:

Denomination of Origin of

Poniente de Granada