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Unico
An unusual oil: Spanish Picual grafted onto wild Sicilian olive rootstock, grown organically between 200 and 450 m in the Palermo hinterland. It placed second overall and first among organic oils in the World’s Best Olive Oils 2025/26 ranking.
The facts
| Cultivar | 100% Picual, grafted on wild Sicilian rootstock |
|---|---|
| Farming | Certified organic; groves at 200–450 m near Lago Garcia |
| Harvest | 2025, hand-picked early in the season |
| Polyphenols | Producer specification ≥ 500 mg/kg; no measured figure published |
| Free acidity | ≤ 0.25% (producer specification) |
| Extraction | Milled within hours at the estate mill, temperature monitored |
| Formats | 250 ml and 500 ml, dark green glass |
Awards
2nd overall · WBOO 2025/26World's best organic EVOO · WBOO 2025/26Olio dell’anno · Il Magnifico 2026Gold · NYIOOC 2025
Where it's from
Sicily grows almost none of its oil from Spanish cultivars. Grafting Picual onto local wild rootstock is a deliberate experiment — Spanish variety, Sicilian ground — and this is the clearest evidence so far that it works.
Laboratory figures
What has been measured on this oil, and who measured it
Total polyphenols
Producer specification ≥ 500 mg/kg; no measured figure published
No measured figure published
The EU 432/2012 antioxidant claim starts at 250 mg/kgFree acidity
≤ 0.25%
No measured figure published
Extra virgin is capped at 0.80% — lower means fresher fruitSource: producer specificationIn our shop instead
We do not stock Unico. These are the closest bottles our retail partner carries.
