Aceite Priego de Córdoba

Extra virgin olive oil produced from Picudo, Hojiblanca and Picual olives grown and pressed within four municipalities in the south-east of the province of Córdoba, Andalucía. Registered as a PDO under file number PDO-ES-0053, the designation covers three typed oils, each defined by the dominant variety and subject to specified acidity and chemical limits.

About this designation

Priego de Córdoba is a protected designation of origin for extra virgin olive oil produced exclusively from Picudo, Hojiblanca and Picual olives. The production area is a comarca natural in the south-east of the province of Córdoba, situated within the Sierras Subbéticas Natural Park, and comprises the municipalities of Almedinilla, Carcabuey, Fuente Tójar and Priego de Córdoba. Both the cultivation of the olives and the extraction of the oil must take place within this defined area. The specification establishes three product types: 'Picudo', in which the Picudo variety accounts for over 50 % of the olives used; 'Hojiblanco', in which the Hojiblanca variety accounts for over 50 %; and 'Picual', in which the Picual variety accounts for over 50 %. For the Picudo and Hojiblanco types, acidity may not exceed 0,5 %. Across all types, the peroxide value may not exceed 15, K270 may not exceed 0,15, and moisture and impurities must be less than 0,1 %. Every package must carry a guarantee seal, label or numbered certification label issued by the Consejo Regulador de la DOP «Priego de Córdoba», affixed at the mill or packaging plant in a manner that prevents removal and re-attachment. Labels must be approved by the Regulatory Board before use. The designation was registered at EU level on 24 December 1998 and is recorded in the eAmbrosia database under identifier EUGI00000013450.

Source: The register document this entry was written from · retrieved August 28, 2026

Distinctive facts

• Registered as a PDO on 24 December 1998 under file number PDO-ES-0053, recorded in eAmbrosia as EUGI00000013450.
• The production area is confined to four municipalities: Almedinilla, Carcabuey, Fuente Tójar and Priego de Córdoba.
• Each of the three typed oils requires the named variety — Picudo, Hojiblanca or Picual — to account for over 50 % of the olives used.
• Every package must bear a numbered certification label issued by the Consejo Regulador, affixed so it cannot be removed and re-attached.

Tasting notes

Andalusian EVOO from Córdoba province (Priego area, sub-Bética mountains), Picudo, Hojiblanca, Picual cultivars. Medium-intense fruity, balanced complex profile, characteristic notes of fresh almond, green tomato, banana, slight floral hints — among Spain's most awarded EVOOs.

HoReCa use

Premium Spanish fine-dining EVOO; finishing oil for fish and grilled vegetables; in Spanish luxury restaurants and gastrobars.

Packaging

• glass-bottle-250ml
• glass-bottle-500ml
• glass-bottle-750ml
• tin-3L
• tin-5L
• gift-pack-500ml

Seasonality