Aceite Sierra de Segura

Extra virgin olive oil produced within a delimited area of thirteen municipalities in the northeastern part of the province of Jaén, Andalucía. The permitted olive varieties are Picual, Verdala, Royal and Manzanillo de Jaén. Oil is extracted from clean, healthy olives by extraction techniques that do not alter the product characteristics, and processing takes place within the same area as production.

About this designation

Aceite Sierra de Segura is a virgin olive oil registered as a PDO under file number PDO-ES-0071, with EU protection granted on 21 June 1996. The protected name as registered is Sierra de Segura. The geographical area comprises thirteen municipalities in the northeastern part of the province of Jaén, where olive groves cover 38,819 hectares. The terrain is characterised by steep slopes where olive groves mingle with pines, shallow and erodible soils on higher slopes, deep and fertile soils in lower areas, high rainfall and variable annual mean temperature. The permitted olive varieties are Picual, Verdala, Royal and Manzanillo de Jaén. The specification requires that oil be extracted from clean, healthy, milled olives using extraction techniques that do not alter the product characteristics, and that both processing and bottling take place within the production area. The maximum acidity is stated as Ie in the source document; the peroxide index must be below 19; impurities must be below 0.1%; and water content must be below 0.1%. The colour is described in the specification as greenish yellow. Each bottle carries a numbered label certifying the designation, issued by the Consejo Regulador de la DOP «Sierra de Segura», which also authorises all labels. Labels must bear the words "Denominación de Origen Sierra de Segura aceite virgen". The eAmbrosia identifier for this entry is EUGI00000013038.

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

Distinctive facts

• Registered as a PDO on 21 June 1996 under file number PDO-ES-0071; eAmbrosia identifier EUGI00000013038.
• The geographical area is confined to thirteen municipalities in the northeastern part of the province of Jaén, with olive groves covering 38,819 hectares.
• The specification permits four olive varieties: Picual, Verdala, Royal and Manzanillo de Jaén; no other variety is listed.
• Each bottle must carry a numbered label certifying the designation, issued by the Consejo Regulador de la DOP «Sierra de Segura».

Tasting notes

Andalusian EVOO from Jaén province (Sierra de Segura), Picual cultivar. Intensely fruity-green, robust bitter-pungent finish, characteristic Picual profile of green tomato and fresh almond.

HoReCa use

Premium Spanish extra virgin olive oil suited to the same culinary applications as other Jaén Picual-based oils.

Packaging

• glass-bottle-500ml
• tin-3L
• tin-5L

Seasonality