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The
¨Dominio de la Esperanza¨ extra virgin olive oil,
is exclusively produced out of the olives groves from the
¨San José¨, ¨Molino de Córdoba¨
and ¨Santa Ysabel¨ family estates, all located west
of Cabra (Córdoba, Spain). At the centre of the estates
stands the shrine of Our Lady of Hope (¨La Esperanza¨),
a local pilgrimage point for centuries. The landscape, spread
with vineyards and olive groves, is of an unmistakingly joyful
Mediterranean character.
The
¨La Esperanza¨ olive groves constitute a mixture of
olive tree varieties: ¨hojiblanca¨, ¨marteña¨
or ¨picual¨ and ¨carrasqueña¨ that
allow, after a carefully separated harvesting, the peculiar
blending that gives birth to the extra virgin olive oil ¨Dominio
de la Esperanza¨.
The
¨Fersan¨ extra virgin olive oil, also comes exclusively
from the ¨La Vapora¨, ¨La Portuguesa¨ and
¨Don Quirce¨ family estates. These estates, located
southwest of Lucena (Córdoba, Spain) constitute the
¨Montes de San Miguel¨ (St Michael´s hills)
dominion. This remote area was famous along the XVIII-XIX
centuries as the nest for the Andalusian outlaws and constitutes
today a delicious mild setting with centennial olive trees,
Mediterranean bush forest and water ponds where migratory
bird species from Northern Europe spend the Winter months.
The olive groves at the ¨Montes de San Miguel¨ estates
are primarily of the ¨hojiblanca¨ variety, peculiar
from this Andalusian area. The olives, minutiously harvested
when reaching the optimal maturity degree, are used to produce
the ¨Fersan¨ extra virgin olive oil.
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