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Portuguese Picual (Medium-Robust)

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Tasting Notes:
The 2025 Portuguese Picual displays notes of unripe stone fruit with a floral center followed by tomato leaf on the finish.
Organoleptic Taste Panel Assessment:
FRUITINESS:6.7 BITTERNESS:4.2 PUNGENCY:5.0
Notable:
Our partner producer (SAOV) in Portugal is using a high vacuum during malaxation to remove all of the oxygen in this processing stage where the oil spends the most time and is most prone to oxidation.
Result:
This cutting edge and very technical method preserves the phenolic content, the overall chemistry plus the flavor characteristics while reducing other oxidation markers.
Chemistry:
*Biophenols: 435 ppm Squalene: 7,500 A-Tocopherols: 278 FFA: 0.12 Oleic Acid: 77.16 Peroxide: 4.79 DAGs: 98.01 *PPP: <0.1
Smoke Point:
406 F
Crushed:
Oct 2025
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 Medium-Robust Intensity                                  

TASTING NOTES 

The 2025 Portuguese Picual displays notes of unripe stone fruit with a floral center followed by tomato leaf on the finish.

 Our partner producer (SAOV) in Portugal is using a high vacuum during malaxation to remove all of the oxygen in this processing stage where the oil spends the most time and is most prone to oxidation. This cutting edge and very technical method preserves the phenolic content, the overall chemistry plus the flavor characteristics while reducing other oxidation markers. 

      *Biophenols: 435  ppm            Squalene: 7,500

       A-Tocopherols: 278                FFA:  0.12

      Oleic Acid:  77.16                   Peroxide: 4.79

      DAGs: 98.01                         *PPP: <0.1                 

      Crush Date: October 2025        Country of Origin: Portugal    

      *As measured at the time of crush