Empeltre

Variety of Olive · Olea europaea

Ebro valley variety – yields very mild, sweetish oils and black naturally-cured table olives.

Also known as: Negral, Terra Alta

🇪🇸 Spain 1700

Taste & characteristics

mildsweetaromatic

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Given in thirds of a month (early / mid / late) for the northern hemisphere in a temperate climate; altitude and season shift them.

Medium, elongated fruit ripening early to deep black.

Medium vigour, adapted to the continental Ebro basin; self-sterile.

Good; oil yellow, very mild and sweet with little bitterness. Also the black 'aceituna negra de Aragón'.

Defines oils of Aragón, Catalonia and the Balearics; low oxidative stability.

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