Jabalcuz Cosecha Temprana
This Picual presents intense aromas of green leaf, lettuce stalk, black pepper and banana peel. On the palate it shows its character from the very...
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Taste it blind.
Like the panel.
Cobalt glass hides the colour so nose and palate lead. Every bottle ships with its lab numbers and its story.
Tasted blind, with professional method
Profiled 0–10 using the cobalt catavino — colour hidden, so nose and palate lead.
Sensory profile
Tasted by Mercedes Uceda
Aromatic intensities evaluated in a professional tasting. Exact values are part of the sensory consultancy service.
Meet your oil
From a single grove to a sealed cobalt bottle — every step, dated and measured.
This oil, in full
Everything behind the numbers — the varietal, the estate, the milling, and how to taste it.
Jabalcuz is a cooperative from Los Villares, Jaen, born in 2004 from the merger of San Juan Bautista and Nuestra Senora del Rosario, two historic village cooperatives. If the Gran Seleccion is the jewel of the cooperative, the Cosecha Temprana is the workhorse: same origin, same commitment to quality, but designed for everyday use.
Early harvest means picking the olives while they are still green, between October and November. At that point the olive has less oil -- yield drops -- but more polyphenols and more complexity. More kilograms of olives are needed to produce a single litre of oil. The cooperative sits at the foot of the Sierra de la Pandera, at an altitude that makes a difference in every harvest.
Behind this oil is the same cooperative that has won three consecutive Jaen Seleccion awards and a Mario Solinas from the International Olive Council. The awards go to the Gran Seleccion, but the Cosecha Temprana comes from the same village, the same trees and the same technical team. The track record backs every bottle.
If the Gran Seleccion is the jewel of Jabalcuz, the Cosecha Temprana is the workhorse. Same origin, same commitment to quality, but designed for everyday use. It is the oil I recommend to anyone who wants quality at a price that allows them to use it without guilt. And the fact that a cooperative of over a thousand members achieves this deserves recognition.