Since 1998 Venta del Barón, included in the PDO Priego de Córdoba, has received more than 80 awards in 8 different countries, which include "World's Best Olive Oil" by the International Olive Council as well as "Spain's Best Extra Virgin Olive Oil" from the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture. The PDO Priego de Córdoba is located in the very heart of Andalusia in the Sierras Subbéticas Natural Park. Due to its unique microclimate, the area produces internationally-recognized olive oils of extraordinary quality. At the Muela olive mill in Priego de Córdoba, where the oil of Venta del Barón comes to life, the olives are cold-pressed less than 15 hours after picking so that the genuine aroma of the olives is preserved, and only the best "juice" is selected according to the strict rules of the PDO Priego de Córdoba. No preservatives and artificial colours added. Ranked Worlds Best Extra Virgin Olive Oil for 4 years. The result is a luminous oil with intense fruity aromas of green herbs, peppermint, almond, banana, and apple. Its flavor is reminiscent of vegetables such as tomatoes and artichoke and has a slightly bitter and spicy finish. Pairs Best With Garden Salads, Roasted/Grilled Veg, Boiled/Steamed Veg, Broiled Fish, Grilled Fish, White Meat, Red Meat, Soups & Stews, Sauces, Legumes/Pulses An extra virgin olive oil with a high polyphenol content of (MG / KG 617) Taste: It is an extra virgin olive oil with intense fruitiness with grassy notes, mint, almond Shell, bananas and apple. Hints of tomatoes and artichoke plants. On the tongue, it is sweet, slightly bitter and progressively spicy. It is a very complex oil, balanced and harmonious in all its tastes and aromas. Since 1998 Venta del Barón, included in the PDO Priego de Córdoba, has received more than 60 awards in 8 different countries. Among them one from the International Olive Council as World´s Best Olive Oil, and from the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture as Spain´s Best Extra Virgin Olive Oil. It has also been ranked as the World´s Best Oil for the last 3 consecutive years. Moreover, Venta Del Baron is used in hotels like the Waldorf Astoria or restaurants like Alain Ducasse´s in New York city. The PDO Priego de Córdoba is located in the very heart of Andalusia, partly in the Sierras Subbéticas Natural Park and has a very small crop extension, hardly 30.000 hectares of centennial olive trees. These features, together with a unique microclimate, allow obtaining exclusive olive oils of extraordinary quality that are internationally recognized, as it happens with Venta del Barón. The olive pickers in the Sierra de Priego go ahead of time to collect the best selection of green olives at the beginning of the season. The olives are then cold pressed and the best juice selected according to the strict rules of the PDO Priego de Córdoba. It takes less than 15 picking until the pressing, so the genuine aroma of the olives is preserved. The result is a luminous oil, representing just 10% of what could have been produced through other methods. It is the first juice, flower of all oils, and will rest during 15 days to decant and become a real “Oleum ex Albis” Taste: It has as its main ingredient a special selection the first green Hojiblanca and Picuda olive varieties of each season. It is an extra virgin olive oil with intense fruitiness with grassy notes, mint, almond Shell, bananas and apple. Hints of tomatoes and artichoke plants. On the tongue, it is sweet, slightly bitter and progressively spicy. It is a very complex oil, balanced and harmonious in all its tastes and aromas.