Vallbona is a land of drystone walls. Known in Catalan as marges, they serve as a support to farming terraces carved into the sides of steep hills and are the testimony to a lively and resilient agricultural past we are striving to uphold. Oli de Marges Verd is keen to reflect that landscape.

Complex and aromatic, Oli de Marges expresses the varietal traits of the Arbequina that grows on the terraces of the sides of the Corb River Valley and at Les Garrigues on small family-run organic olive farms cultivated in the traditional fashion.

Terroir

ORIGIN: Family-run properties in Corb River Valley and Les Garrigues where organic olive trees are cultivated using traditional methods, mostly dry farming, on plots enclosed by drystone walls.
SOIL: Chalky clay soil of variable depths from the terraces on the sides of the valleys defined by the Maldanell and Corb rivers and the Les Garrigues hills.
CLIMATE: The climate is continental Mediterranean, with cold dry winters and hot summers tempered by the soft evening breeze blowing in from the sea that cools the night. The scarce rainfall is concentrated in autumn and spring (350-450 mm yearly). A climate on the edge, halfway between Mediterranean and continental, that boosts the concentration of antioxidants.

Varieties

Arbequina

Farming

Certified organic dry land farming. Manual harvest.

Oil processing

Oil obtained by mechanical procedures. Cold preparation of the oil (<27ºC), light stirring and centrifugal extraction in two phases.

Production

2020 harvest: 5.100 bottles