Torrevequia is a family owned company that grows and presses olives for the production of high quality Extra Virgin Olive Oil from our farm based in the most extraordinary region of Andalucia (South of Spain).
Our farm is our home in Montoro & Bujalance, a historic area located in the heart of Guadalquivir Valley. Because of the Andalusian heat, our grove uses environmental friendly drip irrigation methods, and our olives are hand-harvested. Torrevequia has made it a priority to harvest and press our olives at the perfect time in order to create our own signature and reference. We harvest our olives in the fall, specifically October through December. The earlier the olives are harvested, the more grassy a lavour they yield, while the olives harvested in the later months produce more fruity/buttery tasting oil. With this knowledge, our olives are taken from the tree at the exact moment necessary to create our delectable blend. In order to guarantee the freshest oil all our oilves are pressed within 6 hours of harvest. In a brief, our olives go directly from tree to press, there is no lag that might lessen their quality. Representing the excellence of Olive Oil Production since 1895, we have been continuously active for over one hundred years in the olive oil production. We grow our own olive trees and collect our olives in the right moment of ripeness, between October and November, directly from the trees in order to ensure that our product is of the highest quality. A mechanical vibrator, once measured its intensity for the trees safety, drops the olives on a canvas for a right preservation. The olives, once picked up, are shuttled to the mill within the following few hours and then immediately ground to preserve their entire quality. With a focus on the fruity flavours and aromas of the juice we get a cold-milled and briefly cold-whipped on the olives to keep their delicacy untouched. Torrevequia produces Extra Virgin Olive Oil (EVOOs both with modern and traditional systems (such as grinds on stone cold production). Also the first to produce an overall offer that covers a new line of organic olive oil, obtained from olives not treated with pesticides or chemical fertilizers the production P.D.O. extra virgin olive oil (Protected Designation of Origin); high-end & premium lines; kosher EVOOs. Our family is aimed to continue the work of our forebears with the same passion and enthusiasm they did, improving permanently our quality and methods, in order to spread both the Mediterranean Culture and our EVOOs overseas recognition.
