PICUALIA

Picualia is located in the heart of the province of Jaén in Spain’s southern region of Andalusia, conveniently close to motorway A-4, which joins three of the big cities of the south (Cadiz, Seville and Cordoba) with Madrid. Picualia is regarded as one of the main contributors to the revolution that has shaken the olive-oil industry in recent years.

Picualia is a cooperative. It was created in 2009 when two experienced farm cooperatives, Agrícola de Bailén and Virgen de Zocueca, merged to create a powerful, modern oil mill. The name “Picualia” was chosen because the Picual olive is the members’ main crop. Of all the 2,600 types of olives found the world over, the Picual cultivar has the greatest number of healthy, antioxidant effects.

And so was born one of the most-innovative, best-known firms in the industry, making and marketing oils using only olives grown by Picualia’s member farmers. In 2016 Picualia was named the Best Oil Mill in Spain by the AEMO, the Spanish Association of Olive-growing Towns (Asociación Española de Municipios del Olivo).

Picualia’s reliability and deep commitment to making one of the finest extra-virgin olive oils in the world speak for themselves. Winners of over 50 Spanish and international prizes, Picualia olive oils are ranked among the very best year after year.