La Aurora is an early-harvest, single-variety Picual extra virgin olive oil from Linares, in Jaén — the world capital of olive oil. Picked green, milled within two hours, cold extracted, and bottled at origin by a family mill ranked among the best in the world.
Great olive oil is not made in the laboratory — it is decided in the grove and at the mill. La Aurora's quality rests on four verifiable choices, each one measurable in the final analysis.
The fruit is picked largely green, at the exact moment when polyphenol content and aromatic intensity reach their peak. Fewer kilograms of oil per tree — far more character per drop.
The olives never touch the ground, are never heaped or bagged, and reach the mill within two hours of picking. That immediacy is what keeps acidity at 0.11% and ethyl esters below 10 mg/kg.
No heat, no chemical additives, no solvents — only mechanical crushing and centrifugal force (Pieralisi line, imported from Italy). Low temperature preserves the polyphenols and fresh aromas.
325 mg/kg of total polyphenols — above the 300 mg/kg "high-polyphenol" benchmark and far above commodity oils (100–200). The source of its bitterness, pungency and natural oxidative stability.
Acidity alone does not tell the story. La Aurora is certified on four independent axes — all from an official laboratory authorised by Spain's Ministry of Agriculture (Aº 052-AU), report 60904113427/M5-I and 60911135604/M1-E.
Only 13.8% of the EU legal limit (0.8%). International top level — score 98.6/100.
Only 26% of the legal limit (20). Very low oxidation — score 87.1/100.
Below the limit of quantification (legal max 35). Direct proof of immediate milling — score 83.3/100.
Above the 300 mg/kg high-polyphenol benchmark — full score 100/100.
Median fruitiness 4.7 with zero defects — classified "Virgen Extra". Tocopherols (vitamin E): 317 mg/kg.
Source: Laboratorio Juan Antonio Tello S.L.U. (Jaén), authorised by Spain's Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, authorisation no. Aº 052-AU, accreditation 493/LE1019. Limits per Regulation (EU) 2022/2104. Original reports available on request.
La Aurora is born in Linares, Jaén — the heart of the largest continuous olive-growing landscape on Earth. The Mediterranean climate, wide day–night temperature swings and calcareous soil let the Picual variety develop its signature: intense green fruitiness and naturally high polyphenols.
Once an olive leaves the branch it begins to oxidise and ferment. Every step at Almazara Andrés Aguilar is designed to win that race.
Fields are inspected branch by branch to fix the optimum harvest date; ~300,000 trees are scheduled plot by plot, by variety and ripeness.
Combed onto nets — never touching the ground, never heaped, never bagged — and carried straight to the mill. Under two hours, every time.
Crushing, temperature-controlled malaxing (~20 min) and Pieralisi centrifugal separation. No heat, no additives, no solvents — cold extraction at ≤ 27 °C.
Filtered straight after milling — not left settling for weeks — then stored under temperature control and bottled at origin, batch by batch.
From the branch to the first drop of unfiltered virgin oil: < 2 hours — the mill's central technical advantage.
La Aurora is not a trader's blend. It is produced, milled and bottled at a single family mill — Almazara Andrés Aguilar (EXPLOTACIONES AGRARIAS AGUILAR GONZÁLEZ, S.L.), Linares, Jaén — where the Aguilar family manages the groves, the milling, the bottling and the export. What reaches you is 100% Spanish Picual, bottled where the olives were born.
"La Aurora" means the dawn — the moment the Jaén groves turn green-gold and the day's milling begins. What is sealed in the bottle is the green of that early morning.
| Category | Extra Virgin Olive Oil (Aceite de Oliva Virgen Extra) |
| Variety | Picual, monovarietal — 100% Spanish origin |
| Origin | Linares, Jaén, Andalusia, Spain |
| Process | Physical cold extraction ≤ 27 °C · no additives · no solvents · filtered immediately |
| Harvest | Early harvest, green fruit · campaign 2025/2026 · LOTE 10/06 |
| Polyphenols | 325 mg/kg · Tocopherols 317 mg/kg |
| Acidity / Peroxide | 0.11 % · 5.2 meq O₂/kg |
| Presentation | 500 ml screen-printed glass bottle with tamper seal |
| Storage | Cool, dark place (18–20 °C); after opening, best within 6–8 weeks |
The 34 international awards belong to Almazara Andrés Aguilar — the same mill, the same line and the same batch standard as La Aurora. Seven campaigns of blind-tasted, lab-verified results. Consistency, not luck.
La Aurora is supplied to gourmet stores, restaurants and importers. Laboratory reports, certificates and originals are available on request. Write to us — we answer within one business day.
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