Castillo de Canena First Day of Harvest Picual Extra Virgin Olive Oil from Spain (16.8 oz/500ml)

This exceptional Picual oil is a brilliant golden green color with a fragrance of herbs and artichokes. The first taste has hints of citrus with a bold peppery finish. For the afficionado, this is the finest quality extra virgin olive oil in all of Spain - and perhaps the world! First Day of Harvest means just that - the Vaño family chooses the peak time for harvesting, just before they are fully ripe. On the very first day, they press the olives, yielding a super fresh olive oil packed with chlorophyll and antioxidants - healthy and incredibly flavorful! If the olive pickers waited just a few days later, they would have harvested riper olives which would have produced double the amount of olive oil. But the oil would not have been as pristine and flavorful. That is what makes this limited edition oil so special. Each year's release is commemorated with a newly designed bottle label, created by a person from Spain who has excelled in their field. This year, Castillo de Canena chose Roberto Verino, a Galician fashion designer. In his illustration for the label, Alonso chose a sketch from his fashion collection. Verino, a great defender of quality Spanish gastronomy and design, explains his choice: "I have included a sketch from this season's collection because I wanted to symbolise the values that unite us - none other than the search for quality, singularity and excellence attained through a job well done, always focusing on enormous respect for the environment and the consumer." Castillo De Canena olive oils are cold pressed by the renowned Vañó family in Andalusia. For centuries, the Vañó family has grown olive trees and pressed them to make olive oil near their 16th century castle in the foothills of the Sierra Mágina. The company takes its name from the castle itself. Castillo de Canena carefully supervises their olive groves and hand selects olives at the peak time for producing olive oil with the perfect balance of aroma and flavor.