Bottle photo
Oro del Desierto Picual
Organic Picual grown in the Tabernas desert, the only desert in continental Europe: over 3,000 hours of sun a year and under 180 mm of rain. The estate publishes its polyphenol series by variety and year, which almost nobody does.
The facts
| Cultivar | 100% Picual |
|---|---|
| Polyphenols | 844 mg/kg, 2025/26 harvest (Folin-Ciocalteu, estate lab report) |
| Polyphenol trend | 529 mg/kg in 2023/24, 717 in 2024/25, 844 in 2025/26 |
| Harvest | Mid-October to early November, fruit 65–75% still green |
| Free acidity | Not published |
| Extraction | Two-phase cold extraction; oleic acid 77–80% |
| Formats | 100 ml, 250 ml, 500 ml glass; 1 L and 3 L tins |
Awards
17th · WBOO 2025/2699/100 · Flos Olei 2026Best extraction method · Flos Olei 2026
Where it's from
Region map · Tabernas, Almería
Desert farming sounds like a stunt until you see the chemistry: extreme sun and drought stress push polyphenol production up, and the estate’s own published series shows exactly that, year after year.