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Alba Liquída

Single-Variety Picual Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil

€34.90

Picked early and pressed cold the same day, Sierra Mágina's mountain Picual at its most vivid: intense, grassy, and alive with the bitterness that only young oil carries.

Origin Jaén, España

Producer Raza AOVE

Volume 500 ml

Appearance

Vivid green, dense, almost lacquered, coats the glass on the swirl

Aroma

Cut grass, green almond, tomato leaf, olive leaf, fresh artichoke heart

Taste · Primary

Intense green-fruited Picual, balanced and clean

Taste · Secondary

Pronounced bitterness and pepper, almond skin, mineral

Texture

Dense, palate-coating, lasting

Finish

Long, peppery throat-catch, the signature of fresh Picual

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Raza AOVE is a small artisan house in Sierra Mágina, Jaén, Andalusia's olive heartland, working under the tagline "Artesano, como antaño": artisanal, as in olden times. Alba Liquída is a single-variety Picual ECO bottling, pressed from organically farmed olives, picked early and cold-pressed within a tight window from tree to tin.

It pours vivid green and coats the glass, carrying cut grass, green almond and tomato leaf on the nose. Intense and clean on the palate, with the balanced bitterness and pepper of a properly young Picual, and a long, peppery finish that speaks plainly of its territory.

The Producer

Raza AOVE - Sierra Mágina, Jaén

Raza AOVE is a small artisan house tucked into the high country of Sierra Mágina, Jaén, Andalusia's olive heartland. Their tagline, "Artesano, como antaño," means artisanal, as in olden times. The groves are organic, the olives picked early and pressed cold, the oil moved from tree to tin in a tightly held window. The house leads with Picual de Sierra, the mountain expression of the region's dominant variety, prized for its strength and clarity, folded with indigenous Manzanillo de Sierra on the lighter blends.

Region Sierra Mágina, Jaén

Farming Organic, olives picked early

Variety Picual de Sierra

Method Cold-pressed, mechanical extraction only

The Process

Picked early. Pressed cold. Bottled fast.

Raza AOVE picks its Picual olives early in the season, when the fruit still carries its green edge, and presses them cold the same day. Nothing is heated, nothing is left to wait: from tree to tin the window stays tight, so the oil keeps its vivid colour and grassy intensity. The result is a young, alive Picual, prized for the bitterness and pepper that soften with time.

Harvest Early-picked, whole fruit

Extraction Cold-pressed, mechanical only, same day

Variety 100% Picual de Sierra

Character Vivid green, grassy, peppery finish

“The mountain gives the olive its edge. We only make sure nothing dulls it before the bottle.”

Raza AOVE · Jaén, España