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Verdeal Transmontana

also called Verdeal de Trás-os-Montes (distinct from plain "Verdeal")

The bitterness-and-pungency backbone of Trás-os-Montes blends, and the one Portuguese variety here with a directly measured Rancimat figure — 23 to 27 hours, roughly double a Madural from the same orchards and harvests.

Oilprimary use of the fruit
Lowtypical polyphenol band
Fills when the library holds an oilcomputed, not authored
Olive grove in Trás-os-Montes — a generated illustration, not a photograph of a specific grove
Reference card
Also calledVerdeal de Trás-os-Montes (distinct from plain "Verdeal")
Main regionsTrás-os-Montes, northeastern Portugal
PurposeOil
Oleic acidNot published
HarvestLate ripening, mid-November
Shelf stability23.2 h and 26.6 h Rancimat in two consecutive seasons
DesignationsNamed in Azeite de Trás-os-Montes DOP
Shelf stability is the published Rancimat induction time where one exists. It is measured per variety; smoke point is not, so it is not listed.

In the grove

Grove — placeholder
Fruit at harvest — placeholder

Aroma and flavour descriptors

  1. 1Fresh herbs
  2. 2Cabbage
  3. 3Tomato leaves
  4. 4Cut grass

Published panel data, means of two seasons: fruity intensity around 5.8, pungency in the higher-intensity group, bitterness not significantly different from comparison cultivars. Descriptor intensities: fresh herbs 4.0, cabbage 3.8, tomato leaves 2.6.

Ordered by how often each recurs in the published varietal literature, not by measured intensity. Our panel has not scored a monovarietal Verdeal Transmontana oil, and no sensory panel data for it is published. 40 of the 40 varieties here read the same way.

Oils in the library No Verdeal Transmontana oils reviewed yet

This shelf fills when the panel scores an oil made from this variety. 19 of the 40 varieties here are in the same state today.

Verdeal Transmontana against the other Portugal varieties

Open in compare
VarietyOrigin region Used forPolyphenols Shelf stability
Galega VulgarPortugal — polyclonal originDual-purpose~416 mg/kgNot published
CobrançosaTrás-os-Montes and Beira AltaDual-purpose~803 mg/kgNot published
Verdeal TransmontanaTrás-os-MontesOil108–202 mg/kg in the published study23.2 h and 26.6 h Rancimat in two consecutive seasons

Sources

  1. Minor cultivars of northeast Portugal, Food Research International
  2. Azeite de Trás-os-Montes DOP, DGADR

Every figure on this page carries a source. Where we could not find one we say so rather than estimating. Corrections are welcome and credited.

Map · Trás-os-Montes
Trás-os-Montes, northern Portugal · 41.5° N, 7.2° W