Bottle photo
Oro del Desierto Hojiblanca
The latest-picked of the estate’s three ranked oils — the first fortnight of November, with the fruit 60–70% green. Joint-thirty-first in the World’s Best Olive Oils 2025/26.
The facts
| Cultivar | 100% Hojiblanca |
|---|---|
| Polyphenols | 712 mg/kg, 2025/26 harvest (estate lab report) |
| Polyphenol trend | 451 mg/kg in 2023/24, 661 in 2024/25, 712 in 2025/26 |
| Harvest | First fifteen days of November, fruit 60–70% still green |
| Free acidity | Not published |
| Extraction | Two-phase cold extraction |
| Formats | 100 ml, 250 ml, 500 ml glass; 1 L and 3 L tins |
Awards
31st · WBOO 2025/26
Where it's from
Hojiblanca ripens later than Picual, so even an early-harvest Hojiblanca is a November oil. In Tabernas the drought stress does the rest of the work on polyphenols.
Laboratory figures
What has been measured on this oil, and who measured it
Total polyphenols
712mg/kg
The EU 432/2012 antioxidant claim starts at 250 mg/kgSource: estate lab report
Qualifies for the EU antioxidant health claim
At 712 mg/kg this oil is above the 250 mg/kg threshold Regulation 432/2012 sets for hydroxytyrosol and its derivatives, as reported by the estate lab report.
In our shop instead
We do not stock Oro del Desierto Hojiblanca. These are the closest bottles our retail partner carries.
