Hacienda Queiles oil-press
Polígono El Moral, 4-Parcela 1592
31522 Monteagudo
The excellent oil produced in this estate has a great acceptance in the international market, in countries as Japan and The United States. Its modern facilities have been recently built in an enviable spot surrounded by olive trees. In the small Valley of the river Queiles, in the south of Navarra, where the Romans used to grow these trees, "Hacienda Queiles" carries out the finest growing process to get a perfect fruit, with the unique characteristics of "arbequinas" olives (a special type of olives). The stony and limy soils, together with an adverse climatology, with very cold temperatures in winter and just warm enough in summer, confer a balanced character to this worldwide recognized oil that is produced in this oil-press.
The visit to the estate begins in the fields, in the olive groves, where the growing and the olives characteristics are explained. The tour continues to the production room, then to the storage area and ends with the bottling, practically hand-done. In the end, the visitor will be able to learn how to distinguish different aspects and to value flavours, in a recreational oil tasting.
