Castillo de Canena Reserva Familiar Picual

Castillo de Canena Reserva Familiar Picual: An Exceptional Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Sensory Description

Its intense green color corresponds to the green fruitiness of fresh olives, clean and fragrant. Great olfactory complexity.

Olfactory Notes

The smell of freshly cut grass and aromatic plants such as basil, thyme or mint are softened and nuanced by the elegance and delicacy of the tomato notes, green spike and fresh fruits such as green apple or banana peel.

Aromatic Intensity

Striking on the nose due to the intensity of grass and aromas, being especially intense notes of tomato leaves, artichoke and freshly cut grass.

Mouth Sensations

In the mouth, the sensations of aromatic intensity and fruitiness are emphasized; Tomato, vegetables and countryside seasoned with a practically imperceptible spiciness.

Recommended pairing

This Castillo de Canena oil is ideal in dressings with garlic and spices, sautéed vegetables, fish on the back, grilled vegetables with coarse salt (asparagus, zucchini, eggplant), bread with olive oil and salt or with tomato spread, salads dressed with vinegars Jerez salads, cod with orange and spring onion salads, cured and very cured cheeses, dressed potatoes (boiled potatoes, tomato, pepper, hard-boiled egg and tuna), ajo blanco, wok-fried vegetables, grilled tuna, gazpachos, salmorejo, pasta, legume and rice salads.

Castillo de Canena Family Reserve

The Castillo de Canena Family Reserve range is made up of two of the best extra virgin olive oils in Spain, each made with the Picual and Picual varieties. Arbequina, curiously without belonging to any of the excellent designations of origin of oils that exist in Jaén. Castillo de Canena Reserva Familiar Picual has been awarded as the best olive oil in Spain in the Intense Green Fruity category, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment.