The 2,238 foot (682 meter) altitute of the Mas d'en Josa Estate and the climatic contrast between day and night, as well as the conditions of the soil could not be more suitable to grow olives of maximum quality that yield an oil of excellent aroma and body.
Organic Farming and Certification
Gathering & Extraction
Altitude & Climatic Conditions
The entire Ecoil de Josa oil production is certified by the Catalan Council for Organic Farming Production (Consell Catalán de la Producció Agrària Ecolócica - CCPAE.) Since 2002, when we planted our first trees, we have been respecting the environment and leaving the olives free of any fertilizers, treatments, pesticides or chemical compounds. By abiding by both European and national norms governing organic farming, the estate and our olive oil has been certified by both.
We have been handpicking our olives in the month of October, before the fall rainfall. Yes, it's true that by doing so we end up with much less olive oil, but of infinitely better quality!
We start gathering the olives first thing in the morning and, around four in the afternoon we take them to the mill that is prepared to receive them. The extraction begins immediately, and the oil is bottled at its best moment.
Seals that guarantee that the production and preparation has been carried out in accordance with the European Union and the CCPAE of Catalonia organic farming norms, and have been controlled in all of its facits of production, preparation, bottling and marketing.
Ecoil de Josa Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Ecoil de Josa is an Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil made of only the best, handpicked Arbequina olives grown in the "Mas d'en Josa" Estate located in the town of El Vilosell, Lleida, Spain.
The estate forms part of the well-known Les Garrigues Region that unfolds at the foothills of the Montsant mountain range, and is formed by rolling hills full of aromatic plants and mediterranean forest and dry stone stepped valleys.
Benefitting from ideal climatic conditions (year-round sun and little rainfall) and an altitude of 2,238 feet (682 meters) above sea level produces olives of maximum quality that yield oil of great fruity aroma and excellent body.
2015 Ecoil de Josa Analysis by Panell de Cata Oficial de Catalunya
Positive Attributes
Fruitiness: 4,4
Green herbs: 3,3
Bitterness: 4,5
Spiciness: 5.5
Sweetness: 4
Astringency: 2,9
Artichoke, green almond
and green tomato 2.7
Defects: None detected
Organic Extra Virgen Arbequina Olive Oil
