Organic extra virgin olive oil from L'Albagés (Lleida) of early harvest produced with olives of the Arbequina variety and protected under Les Garrigues Designation of Origin.
Organic extra virgin olive oil from L'Albagés (Lleida) produced with Arbequina olives and protected under Les Garrigues Designation of Origin. The olives are harvested early and pitted before going through the 10 classic stages of olive oil production. On average, 12 kg. of Arbequina olives are needed to obtain 1 litre of Elixir Pitted BIO.
On the nose it is an intense green fruity oil with fresh and herbaceous touches and notes of green leaf, artichoke, mint and green banana peel. On the palate it has a smooth and light texture, with a medium bitterness and moderate spiciness very well balanced and a fruity finish with almond aftertaste. It is a very surprising oil, as it has a very marked flavour and aroma for the Arbequina variety.
Food pairing: Bread with tomato, eggs, seafood, white asparagus, pasta with tomato, fruit salads, roasted vegetables and soft cheeses.
Cuadrat Valley has won the Gran Producer Award for the Best Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil of the 2024/25 Harvest in the Intense Green Fruity category. In addition, Elixir Pitted BIO EVOO has been included in the Top 100 Evooleum of the World's Best Extra Virgin Olive Oils, being number 1 in the Best Arbequina category with 89 points.
The history of Cuadrat Valley is closely linked to that of Catalonia. In the late 1930s, fleeing the Spanish war, Sebastià Cuadrat Realp, originally from L'Albagés, left his grandmother's olive grove and settled in Bordeaux. Eighty years later, when an olive grove came up for sale in L'Albagés, his granddaughter, Evelyne Cuadrat Teycheney, decided to buy it. With her husband Patrick Teycheney and daughter Caroline, she decided to take up the family adventure from the point where history had left off.
Since 2014, the family has been acquiring plots of land, creating a 90-hectare estate, which they have structured and managed to follow the criteria of sustainable agriculture. Combining their taste for respect for tradition and innovation, their aim is to produce a premium extra virgin olive oil with Protected Designation of Origin Les Garrigues.
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