Oro Bailen extra virgin olive oil

Best selection of Oro Bailen olive oil.

1. Olive mill of Oro Bailen

The Oro Bailén oil mill is located in the town of Bailén in the province of Jaén and began milling oil in 2002. This oil mill began milling the Picual variety, later incorporating the Arbequina variety, and finally, a few years ago, it incorporated two more varieties, the Hojiblanca and the Frantoio.

a) Location of the oil mill

The Bailen Gold Mill is located in the town of Bailen in the province of Jaén. This municipality is at the gates of Andalusia, behind the Despeñaperros at the foot of the Sierra Morena. One of the municipalities of the province of Jáen, privileged for the development of the olive grove. Also, a territory with a high ecological value due to its great wealth of fauna and flora typical of the Mediterranean climate. Therefore, a privileged place for the production of extra virgin olive oil.

b) Orographic characteristics

Bailén is located at an altitude of about 400 meters above sea level. It also enjoys a Mediterranean climate with continental nuances, with long, dry summers and short, mild winters with moderate rainfall. Thanks to these climatic characteristics, olive oils with unique peculiarities are produced, the Oro Bailen oil.

Finally, we are going to show a video about the Oro Bailén olive oil mill

Video of the Bailen Gold Mill

c) History

The owners of Oro Bailen were involved in brick making before they went into the olive oil sector. However, in 2002 they diversified their business and started to produce olive oil. Later, in the year 2015, they created the limited company Galgón 99.

2. Arbequina and Picual Oro Bailen

The Oro Bailén extra virgin olive oil oil mill produces four varieties of extra virgin olive oil: arbequina, picual, hojiblanca and frantoio. The last two varieties have been recently extracted.

• Picual: an oil with a bright green colour, luminous and intense. In tasting it has an aroma of fresh olive together with ripe fruit flavours. Likewise, the aromas of green banana, almond and green tomato stand out. In short, a very balanced oil with a great complexity of aromas.
• Arbequina: A very fruity oil with very marked aromas of freshly cut grass, apple and ripe banana.
• Frantoio: The oil of the hojiblanca variety is a medium intensity oil. Also, in tasting it stands out for its futal aromas, vegetables to green apple, kiwi, almond, pine nuts and grass.
• Hojiblanca: An oil of medium intensity. In tasting it stands out for its aromas of green apple, tomato and almond. Also, but to a lesser extent, aromas of mint, blackberry and other wild plants. Finally, in the mouth a slight bitterness and spiciness can be appreciated, mainly at the end of the throat.

The oil mill also sells its oil in other formats:

• Oro Bailen Casas de Agua

This brand of Oro Bailen, is their brand for the large consumption and large format. A slightly inferior oil but of extraordinary quality. This oil is available in 1, 2 and 5 litre PET formats.

3. Oro Bailén Oil Awards

Oro Bailén is one of the Spanish olive oils that is winning the most demanding awards from national and international panels of judges. Awards that year after year are revalidated. Among the most prestigious awards they win we can name:

• Contest D´Oro 2017: A prestigious contest where the best oils of the world compete. Oro Bailén won bronze with its Family Reserve in the category of Intense Fruits.
• Guide Flos Olei 2017: In this guide he obtained a score of 98 points out of 100. A guide that is edited every year by the prestigious Italian-based taster Marco Oreggia.
• The Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Food and the Environment awarded him the second prize in the category of Sweet Green Fruits in 2017.AVPA International Contest, held in Paris, France in 2017, where he obtained a “Gourmet Product” diploma for his Family Reserve Picual.

The list is long, and year after year it is renewed.

4. Excellence in the production of olive oil

The Almazara de Oro Bailen carries out an extraordinary force for quality. Every stage is analysed and optimised to get the best out of its olive trees in Jaen.

a) Meticulous care at every stage

First of all, what makes us stand out from the Bailen Gold Mill is its meticulous care at each stage of production. Care that starts from the beginning until it reaches your plate.

Firstly, the Oro Bailen oil mill follows the guidelines of a team of agricultural engineers to achieve the best extra virgin olive oils on the market. For this reason, the care of the olive groves throughout the year is a very important part of the whole process.

In this way, the good work begins with the care of the flowering of the olive tree and ends until the customer tastes it in his dish. Thus, each step must be carried out with perfection, and thus obtain an irreproachable olive juice.

As a consequence of all this perfection and meticulousness, they have led this almaazara to make their olive oils excellent. For this reason, they are internationally recognized and thus achieve the highest positions in the most prestigious national and international juries.

b) Olive care

First of all, to understand this process, we must know how the best extra virgin olive oil can be achieved and pursued.

First of all, we must take care of the olive from the moment it is formed at the time of fertilization until it is completely formed. For this reason, pampering the olive tree from the beginning of flowering until the olive, is fundamental.

When the olive stalk, the small stem that joins the fruit to the tree, breaks, the olive begins to deteriorate. As a consequence, from the moment the olive is picked up until it is crushed it must be as fast as possible. At Oro Bailén, they have reduced this time to a maximum of two hours.

Likewise, a very rigorous selection must be made of what is milled. The Oro Bailén oil mill observes the batches of olives that arrive from the fields with great care. That is to say, it only accepts the healthiest ones and those that are in good condition. A small defective batch could ruin the whole year’s effort.

c) Its milling

Likewise, another process that must be carried out with the utmost meticulousness is milling. That is to say, the extraction of the oil from the olive.

Oro Bailen therefore uses the most modern and best machines on the market. At the same time, it follows the most convenient steps to obtain the best extra virgin olive oil. Therefore, it keeps a control of the temperatures, which have to be lower than 21º C . Besides, it takes care of the beating times, and avoids to the maximum the oxygenation.

In this way, they extract all their volatile and aromatic components from their olives. Thanks to all this, the renowned Oro Bailen oils are achieved

5. Olive oil of Casas de Agua

The oil brand “La Casa de Agua” is the brand that has Galgón 99 for the sale of its oil in formats of 1, 2 and 5 liters in PET. This oil is also a good oil but not as select as its brand Oro Bailen

6. Opinion of Oro Bailén olive oil

Oro Bailén oils from both the Arbequina and Picual varieties are in high demand. Very balanced and aromatic oils that any good eater should have in his kitchen.

According to the tasters, Bailen Gold Oil is one of the best in the world, as they attest year after year by awarding it the best prizes. By the great cooks it is also very demanded, being these oils in the best restaurants of the world. Therefore, an olive oil that deserves to have always at home

7. Where to buy Oro Bailen?

Oro Bailen oil can be found in an infinite number of shops and department stores. Below are the most common places to find these oils.

• El Cortijuelo San Benito: In our shop in Las Rozas de Madrid you can find all the Oro Bailen oils, along with more than 20 varieties. In our shop we also offer to send you the oil by unit.
• Carrefour and El Corte Ingles and Mercadona: they have been selling it for years. However, as they are high quality products and their rotation is not too big, they tend to put high prices on them.
• Online shops, amazon and others: Here we also find them with the catch that in many cases they ask you to buy a complete box. The box usually has 12 bottles, which are usually enough for a normal consumption.

In summary, we can see that Oro Bailen oil is easy to find. However, in other European countries and the world it will not be the same. However, we can send it to any country in Europe.