New Harvest Seasons Family Reserve Picual Extra-Virgin Olive Oil

A Spanish olive oil that boasts a lovely green color and a peppery finish.
A Spanish olive oil that boasts a lovely green color and a peppery finish.

It’s striking green in color, with green almond and tomato leaf notes, and a peppery arugula-like finish.

Seasons Family Reserve Picual Extra-Virgin Olive Oil is newly bottled from its October 2024 harvest.

I had a chance to try a sample of this oil pressed from Picual olives, harvested from a single estate in Andalusia, Spain.

While founders Tim Balshi and Soraya Aguilar import olive oil and vinegar from around the world, the single estate olive oils come from the centuries-old olive groves on Aguilar’s family estate in southern Spain.

The green Picual olives are picked under ripe, then cold-crushed within seven hours to preserve high polyphenol levels, and peak aroma and taste.

The 500-millilter bottle.
The 500-milliliter bottle.

You don’t want to cook with this olive oil, but use it to finish dishes to maintain its lively taste. Drizzle it on salads, roasted vegetables, grilled fish, and all manner of pastas. Or lavishly drag artisan bread through it and put on your happy face.

A 500-milliliter bottle is $24.95; a 60-millilter on is $9.

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