Varieties of Houses in Hualdo
The Casas de Hualdo olive mill produces four varieties of extra virgin olive oil of the highest quality.
Arbequina: The Casas de Hualdo extra virgin olive oil of the Arbequina variety is an oil that comes exclusively from arbequina olives harvested before veraison. A harmonious, balanced and soft oil with little bitterness and itching. In tasting it has a great fruity taste of freshly cut grass, tomato and green apple.
The oil from the houses of Hualdo of the Arbequina and Cornicabra varieties are its two flagship of this olive mill. Oils with great national and international recognition, winning the most prestigious awards every year.
Cornicabra: The extra virgin olive oil from Casas de Hualdo of the cornicabra variety comes exclusively from olives of this variety. This oil has a strong and characteristic taste typical of the cornicabra variety. The cornicabra variety, together with the picual, is the most stable and richest in antioxidants.
In tasting you can appreciate its certain bitterness and spiciness, accompanied by a harmonious and balanced aroma of fruity olives, sweet lettuce and bitter almonds. More gently, notes of olive leaf and ripe apple can be appreciated.
The extra virgin olive oil of the variety Cornicabra de Casas de Hualdo is protected by the Denomination of Origin of the “Montes de Toledo”.
Manzanilla: Casas de Hualdo’s extra virgin olive oil of the manzanilla variety comes exclusively from manzanilla olives harvested before veraison. From them comes a soft and aromatic oil with very little bitterness and itching. In the tasting notes of olive fruitiness, artichoke, basil and endive are appreciated.
Picual: The Casas de Hualdo extra virgin olive oil of the picual variety comes exclusively from olives of this variety. The picual variety has a very characteristic and easily recognized flavour and potency when we compere to other varieties.
Casas de Hualdo’s picual oil stands out for its great presence and fruitiness with bitterness and spiciness. In tasting you can taste aromas of eucalyptus, green banana, basil, green grass, along with more subtle notes of mint and licorice.
Price of the Casas de Hualdo olive oil
Casas de Hualdo’s extra virgin olive oils, winning the most prestigious national and international awards, have very low prices compared to others of the same categories.
These oils can be found in many specialist shops and large supermarkets, and the price of the 500 ml bottle is usually below 10 euros.
Where to buy Casas de Hualdo olive oil?
In our shop in El Cortijuelo de San Benito, located in Las Rozas de Madrid or in our online shop we have at your disposal all the olive oils from Casas de Hualdo together with twenty other places and Spanish producers.
