LUQUE ORGANIC OLIVE OIL

For generations the Luque family has been tending the olives and in 1990 it began cultivating organically. This is in order to produce the highest quality extra virgin olive oil and also due to the obvious benefits to the environment. The character and high quality of the Luque olive oil means it is ideal for use in salads, dressings, sauces, dips and    cooking

The olive groves have remained in the family for more than a century, and they are located in the village of Castro del Rio, near Cordoba, Spain. This area is in the heart of Andalucia in the region of Baena, one of the world’s most famous regions for olive oil production.

The Luque family are firmly committed to organic farming and this ensures that the Luque olive oil is absolutely free from insecticides, pesticides and synthetic fertilizers. The system of cold pressing helps to produce a pure and clean olive oil, with an acidity of less than 0.4%, making sure that none of its properties are altered. The combination of organic farming and cold pressing produces an olive oil that has retained its full nutritional    qualities    and    taste.

The control and certification that extra virgin olive oil is produced exclusively from organic farming is carried out annually by El Comite Andaluz de Agricultura Ecologica (CAAE). Also the system of traceability employed allows the family to show exactly where the oil comes from. Every bottle and tin is numbered and this enables the family to identify from which trees the olive oil of each individual container came from.