History
Since 1900, our family has been producing high-quality virgin olive oil and dedicating itself to achieving excellency in processing our oil, starting from the growing and caring for our olive trees, to the milling of the olives, their conservation and marketing of the final product.
The Cortijo de La Cruz sprouts from the roots of our ancestors and the entrepreneurship of the new generations. With this project, we want to pay tribute to our grandfathers with the aim of offering the 21st century consumer, the healthiest, most authentic and eco-friendly product, nature could ever provide us with.
Our Oil “Picudo Selección”
Since 1900, our family has been producing high-quality virgin olive oil and dedicating itself to achieving excellency in processing our oil, starting from the growing and caring for our olive trees, to the milling of the olives, their conservation and marketing of the final product.
The Cortijo de La Cruz sprouts from the roots of our ancestors and the entrepreneurship of the new generations. With this project, we want to pay tribute to our grandfathers with the aim of offering the 21st century consumer, the healthiest, most authentic and eco-friendly product, nature could ever provide us with.
Organoleptic characteristics:
Olfactory phase: An intense green fruitiness, green apple. A variety of nuances show its great complexity. Reminiscents of newly mowed grass and touches of garden herbs, such as tomato plant and green almond.
Tasting Phase: Balanced in the mouth, smooth at first, touches of green almond, medium bitterness and spiciness. A perfectly structured oil, long, persistent and far from leaving the taster indifferent. A splash of sensations on the palate.
Combinations: Use in crude, ideal on toasts and salads, gourmet dishes, blue fish, pasta, carpaccios and meats.
Healthy life
The extra virgin olive oil of the Cortijo de La Cruz contains quantities of important monounsaturated fats as well as oleic acid that are related to reducing the risk of coronary disease. Besides, it contains antioxidants and other anti-inflammatorial nutrients that could lower the levels of bad cholesterol, fight free radicals and prevent premature ageing. It could help reducing weight and it soothes joint pains. It is an ally against diabetes, strengthens the immune system, lowers high blood pressure, controls cholesterol and moreover, enhances the beauty of your hair and skin.
Come and get to know us.
We invite you to the Cortijo de La Cruz to show you the production process of our olive oil. Contact us to organize a visit where you will discover all the stages of the production, from the cultivation of the olive groves, the harvesting in the country, to the pressing and bottling at the oil mill. Discover our roots and the culture of our forefathers that turned the landscape into a sea of olive trees. A unique sight in the world that has influenced a gastronomy different from the rest of Andalusia, along with the way of life of the men and women of the region. Remember the harvest lasts from October till March.
With the olives collected during the first week of the harvesting season, we create a full 100 % supreme quality, cold-pressed olive juice.
