This is a single-estate extra virgin olive oil bottled in Chile, sold on the strength of traceability and purity testing rather than a supermarket brand name. The producer states it is glyphosate tested and positions it against the adulteration and mislabeling problems that have hit imported olive oils in the US market. It suits cooks who want a fresh, peppery finishing oil and shoppers who care where the fruit was grown and pressed. Against mass-market extra virgins it competes on provenance and testing, not on volume or price.
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Buyers rate it very highly, with a perfect average across 330 ratings. The praise centers on clean, fresh flavor and confidence in its purity and origin.
This is an estate-bottled, cold pressed extra virgin olive oil from the Santiago region of Chile. The olives are grown at a single location in a valley between a small Pacific coastal mountain range and the Andes. Warm days and cool nights in this Mediterranean climate shape the oil's fruity taste.
The estate follows traditional agriculture principles and uses no chemical pesticides or fertilizers on the olives or the trees. The oil has been tested for the herbicide glyphosate. Its flavor is sweet and fruity with a hint of pepper, rich and buttery, with a slightly peppery finish. The polyphenol count is 416 milligrams, compared with the 100 to 250 milligrams per liter typical of a great extra virgin olive oil.
The oil comes in a dark glass bottle that protects it from ultraviolet rays and oxidation. Store it in a cool, dark place away from large temperature changes. The best-by date is formatted dd-mm-yy.
